Pair to the previous item no. 4390.

Modernist street view in Central Asia by good-listed Czech painter and sculptor Karel Soucek (born 1885, date of death unknown). On the back of the painting there is an original artist's inscription in Czech: "Motif from Turkestan". The artist studied at the beginning by sculptor Jindr, Rihy, then at the art school in Praque and later in Russia. he settled in Tiflis , worked as teacher of drawing and exhibited here. In Tiflis he created the monument of Georgian writer A.Mizandari, painted portraits of Georgian nobility ( prince Argutinsky-Dolgoruky). Lived short time in Krasnovodsk, and since 1918 became Professor of Art School in Samarkand (in those time: Soviet Turkestan, now: Uzbekistan), from where is probably the motif of our painting. In 1922 he came back to Praque.

Literature : Prof.Toman"Dictionary of Czech artists"(in Czech), Praque, 1960.

Inscription: signed lower right, on the back of cardboard - original artist´s stamp and inscription on Czech: "Karel Soucek, academical painter, Prah-VII., Jedlickova street 15. Motif from Turkestan...(further indistinct)".

Technique: oil on cardboard. Gallery frame.

Measurements: unframed w 7 1/2" x h 7 1/2" (19 x19 cm), matted and framed 12 5/8" x h 10 1/4" (32 x 26 cm ).

Condition: in very good condition.