Bidspirit auction | Hugo Kovařík (1885-1919)

Hugo Kovařík (1885-1919) - Hugo Kovařík (1885-1919). VIEW FROM THE KAMENNÝ MLÝN (STONE MILL) 1919 Oil on cardboard, 21.5×28.5 cm (25×32.5 cm). On the verso a collector`s label: Collections of Mojmír Helcelet no. 3768 and description ”Partie od Kamenského mlýna”; Kovařík Hugo, Brno 1916. Additionally, the year (cataloguing into the collection?) 1919. On the frame, an author`s label with the artist`s name. Framed. The landscape by Hugo Kovařík represents a typical example of the artist`s interest in motifs of the Czech countryside, captured in transformations of light and colour atmosphere. The composition is constructed in broadly conceived colour planes, in which strips of greenery, a light quarry wall, and a darker forest horizon alternate. Vertical accents of trees in the foreground rhythmise the pictorial space and deepen its perspectival effect. The painter works with a lively, impasto brushwork and a clear, light colourism based on the contrast of fresh green tones with warm ochre and yellow accents. The painting bears the marks of plein-air study, in which the immediate impression of light is more important than detailed description. Kovařík here builds on the tradition of Czech landscape Modernism, shaped by Post-Impressionism and an emphasis on the colour construction of the picture. Condition A.