Adolf J. Alex/Romantic Riding Excursion:2horsemen/Eugene Onegin/ORIGINAL ETCHING

Description: Adolf J. Alex/Romantic Riding Excursion: 2horsemen/Eugene Onegin/ORIGINAL ETCHING 1923 Specification Continent: #Europa #Czechoslowakia Motiv: #book illustration of Eugene Onegin edition 1923 # romantic riding excursion of heroes of the verse novel Artist’s Main Feature: #The Bohemian-born professional artists of the highest calibre ADOLF JELÍNEK ALEX (1890-1957) was a best known in Czech engraver, painter, book decorator and a writer. He graduated from the the Prague School of Arts, Architecture and Design before attending the Munich Academy of Fine Art where his teacher was prof. Janka. Regardless of this fact he formed as an maturer artist in Prag only in the Prague Fine Art Academy under the strong influence of the famous Graphic School of Max Švabinský with its preference for social thematic. Max Švabinský was his leader teacher in the area of etching. Alex opted unambiguously for social realism to strive from the start to express reality as he objectively saw or imagined it. He preferred to picture such moving objects as horses, horsemen, vehicles. Thema//Subject: This etching is one of Alex’s etchings as a illustration for Pushkin’s verse novel «Eugene Onegin», which was published in Prague in 1923. Two horsemen man and woman made their excursion on horseback. Engraver pictures a strong sense of intimate atmosphere between lovers. Alex is a graceful artist with considerable power in dealing with light and shade. Epoche//Age: #1923 Medium: #etching Location:#Czechoslowakia # Originality: # Original Signature: pencil signed Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 29 x 30 cm. The image size is ca. 13,5 x 11 cm.Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 11,41 x 11,81 inch. The image size is ca. 5,31 x 4,3 inch Condition: Grading: Good Corners: Good Writing to back: NoWriting to front: SignatureStains on front: No Stains on back: No Creases or bends: NoTears: NoPin holes: No Artist#Engraver: #The provincial Bohemian-born professional artists of the highest calibre ADOLF JELÍNEK ALEX (1890-1957) was a best known in his state engraver, painter and writer. He graduated from the the Prague School of Arts, Architecture and Design before attending the Munich Academy of Fine Art as a pupil of prof. Janka. Regardless of this fact he developed to the maturer engraver in Prag only in the Prague Fine Art Academy under the strong influence of the famous Graphic School of Max Švabinský with its social spirit. He was a closer follower of Švabinský but only in manner being free in his choice of subject, which was the moving horses in landscape background. He opted unambiguously for social realism to strive from the start to express reality as he objectively saw or imagined it. He preferred to work with moving objects as horses. At the beginning his artistic live he succeeds best in portraits and figurative art. His beloved subjects was to depict different kinds of movement of animals. That is why he would like the subjects of horses standing on their hind legs, riders, moving chariots, gypsies and the like, which he could depict with great liveliness and persuasiveness. After his voyage to the Italy he liked to depict some new motives as visionary compositions of ruined churches and domes. In addition, he also depicts various constructions of the buildings and bridges. There are a lot of his very famous illustrations of books for the various bibliographic editions. There were his numerous etchings for Pushkin’s poetic novel Eugene Onegin in 1923. He has also written and decorated several independent novels. In 1924 he had also participated in the exhibition of Czech graphic artists in Paris and his etching «to the market» was published in the French magazine «L’art et décoration».There are a lot of his works of art in the Albertinum Museum in Vienna, in the Städel Museum at Frankfurt/Mein, in the National Gallery in Prague.

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