Lot 129

František Drtikol (1883 - 1961) MOTHER EARTH

In 1935, František Drtikol ended his photographic activity and devoted himself mainly to painting and spiritual teachings. It was painting that helped him fully express the meaningful values he attached to light. The characters of his paintings are mostly girls as glowing ethereal beings. We cannot go to the author himself to interpret such works - he did not explain or interpret the paintings. We can only perhaps find fragments in the notes on the spiritual path, where he described human beings as a mystical wedding with the sun. According to the chosen composition, it is probably a symbolic manifestation of the archetypal image of Mother Earth. According to Stanislav Doležal, paintings with this theme can be found, for example, in the book František Drtikol - photographer, painter, mystic, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague 1998. The work probably has a secondary format modified directly by the author. Consulted and expertly assessed by Stanislav Doležal, Art. D.