Lot 59

Jaroslav Panuška (1872 - 1958) DRAGON OF FATE

Today, the symbolist work of Jaroslav Panuška is one of the most valuable. He painted mysterious dramatic sessions of beings from another world - ghosts, vampires, mazes and watermen, but he also managed to visualize the darkest corners of the mind through the personification of fear, death and disease. It is the Dragon of Fate that can be one of the personifications of the monumental form of fear, invincibility and power that goes beyond human efforts to overcome it. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche in his book So Said Zarathustra also describes the vision of a great dragon equal to God, which is called "You must". The millennial values shine on its scales, and the dragon is determined to subdue everyone with its authority and created values. Here, however, he lies completely defeated. From behind of the work is the author's dedication: "In memory of the day you defeated the evil dragon Fate. In Křižatky on November 4, 1919. Mother. Jarda. Váša."