Lot 179

Jan Zrzavý (1890 - 1977) ANGEL

Author's print of the well-known theme by Jan Zrzavý with the Angel motif. Jan Zrzavý repeatedly returned to the motifs of angels and reworked them in various ways. The concept of the face of the angel himself is interesting, when Jan Zrzavý attributes more than one pair of eyes to him according to some mythological descriptions of seraphin. Jan Zrzavý can undoubtedly be one of the symbolists of the second generation, his works represent an intense insight into inner experiences and an orientation towards the search for spiritual truth. Jan Zrzavý has always been his own, completely different, after avant-garde beginnings we can most closely assign him to artists who prefer neoclassicism, new materiality or magical realism. His portraits show subtle meditative lyricism.