signed and dated 1936 -mixed media on paper laid down on canvas 31×42 cm
About the artist
A key figure of the Czech avant-garde, František Foltýn (1871-1976) was a diverse and dynamic artist and important figure of Czech interwar modernism. He is considered one of the leading Czech abstractionists and is renowned for his ties with Cubism. Having completed an apprenticeship painting porcelain, Foltýn went on to study at Prague’s School of Applied Arts in 1913. However, his studies were cut short by the outbreak of the First World War, in which Foltýn fought on the front. After returning from war, Foltýn began to explore the expressionist and cubist movements, eventually co-founding the Brno branch of the Group of Fine Artists.