Lot 112

Pravoslav Kotík (1889 - 1970) LOVERS

The painting Lovers by the painter Pravoslav Kotík is a representative example of the author's prized period, when the influence of Cubism after his study trips to Paris was reflected in the artist's work. Lovers in a passionate embrace carry reflections of Picasso's artistic morphology and combine it with natural color tones. The landscape of the bedroom completely gives way to transcendental love ecstasy and is only indicated in a few lines, which outline the space of events, but evoke vegetation in the meadow rather than the interior. Many layers can be found in Kotík’s oeuvre, from Expressionism and Fauvism in his early work and Cubism and Neoclassicism in the Twenties to touches of Surrealism in the Fifties. His paintings unfurl stories of lovers in cafés, toiling villagers, and people coming to terms their existence in the face of modern civilization.