Ondrej Sekora Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ondrej Sekora Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 06, 2024
ONDŘEJ SEKORA 1899 - 1967 - JAK PANU CVRČKOVI NEHRÁLO RÁDIO
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Ondřej Sekora considered Ferda his best work. Ondřej Sekora considered ants to be a species of animal that is very active and Ferda is not afraid to try anything new and everything goes right for him. This illustration belongs to a story where Ferda repaired a cricket's malfunctioning radio so that it could catch music from far away lands. A lizard ran by and thought, "That cricket is playing some good music today." Newly framed under anti-reflective glass with UV filter. Technique: indian ink, watercolour, cardboard, Signed: unsigned
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Jun. 06, 2024
ONDŘEJ SEKORA 1899 - 1967 - HOW MR. SNAIL CURSED UNKINDLY
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The presented drawing is an illustration of a children's book - Ferda the Ant. The book originally had only 14 colour illustrations and 69 black and white ones, but in 1958 the proportion of black and white and colour illustrations was more or less equal. The illustration belongs to the chapter when Ferda had no umbrella and tried to hide from rain in the house of a snail, which did not want his company at all. Technique: indian ink, watercolour, cardboard, Signed: unsigned
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Jun. 08, 2023
ONDŘEJ SEKORA 1899 - 1967 - ABOUT THE BIG NIGHT CELEBRATION
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After the scandal with the court and Ladybug, Ferda decided to leave, but before he left he had to organize a big party. Ondřej Sekora describes in the chapter how everyone has contributed something, the bugs are merry, dancing, and even the curious fireflies come to see, and stay and light up the whole evening for them. Technique: ink, watercolour, gouache on paper, Signed: unsigned
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Jun. 08, 2023
ONDŘEJ SEKORA 1899 - 1967 - HOW MR. ROSE CHAFER FAILED ON THE RADIO
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Illustration from the chapter where Ferdy is to be publicly punished after the dandelion trial, with the participation of the radio and numerous beetles. However, the bench jumps up with Ferda and he is rescued by his green grashopper with the help of the dung beetles. Technique: ink, watercolour, gouache on paper, Signed: unsigned
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Jun. 08, 2023
ONDŘEJ SEKORA 1899 - 1967 - ABOUT THE CUTEST TOYS FOR LITTLE KIDS
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Illustration for the chapter when Mr. Cricket brings Mrs. Firebugs and her bunch of children to Ferdy to make toys for them. And so, together with the blacksmiths and the cinema-trained Bug Butterfingers, Ferda builds an amusement park for them. Technique: ink, watercolour, gouache on paper, Signed: unsigned
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Jun. 08, 2023
ONDŘEJ SEKORA 1899 - 1967 - HOW LADYBUG SNITCHED
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Illustration from the chapter "How the Snail was glad that Ferda scratched his back". After a misunderstanding with Ladybug, who is offended and misunderstands Ferda's friendly greeting, Ferda is arrested by the goblins and locked up with Mr. Snail. He is sentenced to a beating in court, but escapes thanks to the Cricket. Technique: ink, watercolour, gouache on paper, Signed: unsigned
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Jun. 08, 2023
ONDŘEJ SEKORA 1899 - 1967 - FERDY THE ANT - BOOK COVER
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Illustration of the title page of the now publicly known book Ferda the Ant, which became an inspiration for short children's films. Ondřej Sekora considered ants to be an animal species that has something to pass on to children. The witty and energetic Ferdy is not afraid to try anything new and everything goes right for him. But in order not to bore the children so much, Ondřej Sekora added colourful characters to other characters, such as Bug Butterfingers, who added a grotesque element to the plot.He himself was very inspired by contemporary cinema, but unfortunately he mostly failed to apply the knowledge from cinema in practice. The drawing presented here is a design for the cover of a book in prose - Ferdy the Ant. The book originally had only 14 colour illustrations and 69 black-and-white ones, but in 1958 the proportion of black-and-white and colour illustrations was more or less equal. Interestingly, to make things easier, the original inscription on the door "Work of all kinds" has been blacked out in white and transcribed into Finnish for the foreign language edition. Ondřej Sekora, the Author: Ondřej Sekora collected butterflies and bugs, played sports, read a lot and liked to draw. He originally studied law and then painting at UMPRUM in Prague, founded the magazine Sport and promoted rugby in our country. He also devoted himself to music. Ferdy the Ant was created in Ondřej Sekora's mind in Paris in 1927. He did not have a polka dot scarf and the pictures were black and white. Back then, he was still a caricature of himself - a young man who was more of a troublemaker than a worker, who got drunk, fought, and pulled all sorts of pranks. But the cartoons were the birthplace of the first characters, which took on a familiar form around 1933. Josef Hokr, who urged Sekora to rewrite the poems into prose, also helped him form the character of Ferdy the Ant. Ferda gradually turns from a troublemaker into a rather mischievous boy, and subsequently, in Ferdy's syllabary, into a teacher who gives the letters in an accessible form in shapes that children know intimately. His approach to teaching the children was very sensitive - he gave them the idea, in a cartoonish way, that they already knew what he was trying to convey. Ondřej Sekora considered Ferda to be his best work. Unfortunately, the fate of Ondřej Sekora was not always connected only with children's laughter. In 1941, he was fired from Lidové noviny and banned from freelancing. His wife Ludmila was of Jewish descent, so he tried to have his wife and son baptized and contracted a church marriage. Unfortunately, he was still deported to a labor camp and his wife to Terezín. Although his family survived the war, his views were strongly influenced and the communist authorities used his work to promote themselves. However, he produced countless works that made him immensely popular, especially with children; he was behind the first attempts at television broadcasting for children, unofficially played puppet theatre and held talks with children all over the country. Ondřej Sekora's contribution to Czech children's literature is invaluable. Technique: ink, watercolour, gouache on paper, Signed: unsigned
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Dec. 01, 2019
Sekora - Christmas Eve Hofmann
Est: Kč50,000 - Kč70,000
ink on paper, dated 1931
Galerie KODL
Mar. 11, 2017
A RUSSIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK WITH ORIGINAL WRAPPERS DESIGN DRAWINGS, CIRCA 1980
Est: $200 - $250
SEKORA, Ondrej (Czech 1899-1967) [illustrator and author], MURAV'I NE SDAJUTSJA [Ants Don`t Give Up], (Leningrad: DetLit, 1981). 8vo (235 x 165 mm) sofcover. Text in Russian. TWO ORIGINAL WRAPPERS DESIGN DRAWINGS, watercolor on paper, 29 x 52 cm (11 x 20 1/2 in), 29 x 27 cm (11 1/2 x 10 1/2 in).
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Apr. 09, 2016
Ondřej Sekora (1899-1967)
Est: €104 - €208
Ondřej Sekora (1899-1967) MASSAGE, PASSIVE SPORT. Combined technique (ink and aquarelle) on paper, 268x338 mm, signed lower right “Sekora“, draft in pencil on the reverse. Ondřej Sekora (1899-1967) MASÁŽ, TĚLOVÝCHOVA PASIVNÍ. Kombinovaná technika (tuš a akvarel) na papíře, 268x338 mm, sign. vpravo dole „Sekora“, na rubu náčrt tužkou. Ondřej Sekora (1899-1967) MASSAGE, PASSIVE KÖRPERERZIEHUNG. Kombinierte Technik (Tusche und Aquarell) auf Papier, 268x338 mm, rechts unten sign. „Sekora“, Verso: Bleistiftskizze.
Auction House Zezula
Nov. 24, 2007
Sekora Ondrej (Brno 1899 - 1967 Prague) Ferda the
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Sekora Ondrej (Brno 1899 - 1967 Prague) Ferda the Ant on His Way Back from the Busy Bees, signed and dated Sekora 1945 bottom right, pen-and-ink drawing coloured with watercolour/paper, 25 x 37 cm, glass, frame
Dorotheum