Lot 71

Roman Havelka (1877 - 1950) AT THE VIEWPOINT

The Moravian painter Roman Havelka belongs to a large group of landscape painters of the Mařák School. He first studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague under Jiří Stibral, Emanuel K. Liška, Stanislav Suchcarda and Felix Jenewein. He then went on to study at the Prague Academy with Julius Mařák and Rudolf von Ottenfeld. The work is a typical example of Mařák's realistic landscape painting, documenting a specific section of nature with skilful and confident painting execution. The chamber format and the cardboard support may suggest that the painting was made directly in the plein air.