20th Century Art: A Different Perspective
20th Century Art: A Different Perspective
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
Václav Špála
Still Life
Lot Closed
November 11, 02:24 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
Václav Špála
Czech, 1885-1946
Still Life
signed and dated V. Špála 30 lower right
oil on canvas
unframed: 74 by 61cm., 29 by 24cm.
framed: 92 by 80cm., 34 by 31½in.
Dr Jozef Frankel (aquiered in the 1930s)
A gift to the mother of the present owner by the above
A gift to the mother of the present owner by the above
Špála joined the Group of Fine Artists in 1911. Considered the most Fauve of his generation, his Cubo-Expressionist style is marked by the use of dynamic simple forms, in intense red and blue tones, as evident in the present work. In 1918 he became a co-founder of a new group of artists Tvrdošíjní (The Stubborn Ones).