Drápal Vladimír 1921–2015
Horse head, 1988
wood, h. 53 cm, dated underneath 88.
The work of painter, graphic artist and sculptor Vladimír Drápal has been a lifelongassociated with his native village of Tvarožná u Brna. It provided him with inspiration
and themes from village life, with images of peasants and Moravian women,
domestic animals, and rural colouring, which in his
He thematised them in his own distinctive way. Drápal's work is based on modernist
tradition, which consists in shape abbreviation, abstract, reduced expression
and sovereign drawing made up of a few pen strokes, reminiscent of Picasso's inspiration or Brancusi and Moore's shape and volume modelling.
The deliberate stylization of human figures, portraits and animals leads to various
shape deformations does not bring his work closer to the grotesque, but rather
to the form of prehistoric and primitive depictions and pre-images, emphasizing
only certain archetypal features and characteristics of the depicted object. Thus
Drápal's favourite rural women are often depicted in this way.
as "Venus" or unique sculptural portraits of villagers. A favourite
Drápal's favorite motif was the horse, especially studies of its head or emaciated
sinewy body marked by hard work, depicted
in various variations.
This piece is accompanied by a monograph V. Drápal.
109
auction 65
starting price
9 000 CZK
€ 369
hammer price
12 000 CZK