Lot 509: SLAVICEK Jan (22. 1. 1900 Prague - 5. 4. 1970

SLAVICEK Jan (22. 1. 1900 Prague - 5. 4. 1970 Prague) Roofs of Mala Strana Double-lithograph printed in colours on paper, 310 x 445 mm, mounted, undated, signed lower right, numbered 3/300, ELK blind stamp lower left. Czech landscape and still-life painter, he studied under J. Preisler, V. Nechleba, O. Nejedly and M. Svabinsky at the Academy of Arts in Prague. His early work reflects the influence of his father Antonin Slavicek and of H. Masaryk. In the 1940s he followed in the footsteps of his father and concentrated on large-scale panoramic paintings of Prague. See T 2/461, TD 167, V 4/297, TB 31/130, B 9/644, NECVU 2/757.