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Jaroslav Valečka

 

Jaroslav Valečka’s (1972) paintings seem at a first glance very quietly moody, yet he sais that they portray places he spends time at mixed with his own intense vision of the places he experiences.

The Lusatian Mountains know for its vast forests, deserted picturesque villages have deeply influenced Valečka’s artworks. He graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and Prague is also his place of residence. However, he spent a significant part of his life in the country, namely in Northern Bohemia. His bond with the dark romance of Northern Bohemia can clearly be identified in the themes of his work and leaves visible marks on the character of his artistic personality.

Valečka has never been, nor ever aspires to be an ambitious leader of artistic avant-garde. In fact, the power of his paintings rests in a particular intimacy of his work and also in an exceptionally balanced quality of his artistic production.

 

 


 

 

 

This monographic publication offers a representative and comprehensive look at Jaroslav Valečka’s work from the years 2010-2015. It presents an artist who has established himself as a distinctive member of the middle generation of artists, as someone who draws on the long tradition of Czech landscape painting and symbolist imagination. Besides his typical enchanted landscapes with distant horizons and magical lighting, the book also explores the hidden, inner sources of his work, revealing the influences of the landscape of his childhood, the darkly melancholy environment of the Lusatian Mountains and the “chilling” stories of their inhabitants.

The introductory essay was penned by renowned British art theorist and curator Edward Lucie-Smith, who has written more than a hundred publications in the fields of art history and poetry. His best-known book, Art Today (1995), remains an indispensable guide to contemporary international art. Other informed studies on Valečka’s work were written by art historians Martina Vítková and Rea Michalová and curator Veronika Marešová.

 

 


 

 

Paintings in print quality (300dpi) to download:

 


Jaroslav Valečka - portrait

 

  

 

J. Valečka, Sťatý kohout,  2020, 150 x 100
A cock  2020, 150 x 100 cm, oil on canvas

 

 

Pohřeb šumaře, 2018, 170 x 125 cm
A Fidler´s funeral, 2018, 170 x 125 cm, oil on canvas
 

 

   

 

 

Boys on a cemetery, 2022, 100 x 140 cm, oil on canvas
Boys on a cemetery, 2022, 100 x 140 cm, oil on canvas

 

A Fire celebration 2022, 115 x 210 cm, oil on canvas
A Fire celebration 2022, 115 x 210 cm, oil on canvas

 

A Hunter, 2019, 100 x 100 cm, oil on canvas
A Hunter, 2019, 100 x 100 cm, oil on canvas

 


 

The Yacht, 2021, 210 x 143  cm, oil on canvas
The Yacht, 2021, 210 x 143 cm, oil on canvas

 

A Burning Witch, 2022, 140 x 100 cm, oil on canvas
A Burning Witch, 2022, 140 x 100 cm, oil on canvas

 

Kid's boats, 2023, 170 x 150 cm, oil on canvas
Kid's boats, 2023, 170 x 150 cm, oil on canvas

 


 

Maškary, 2024, 200 x 150 cm, olej na plátně
The Maskaras,  2024, 200 x 150 cm, oil  on canvas

 

Záře, 2024, 150 x 120 cm, olej na plátně
The Aurora, 2024, 150 x 120 cm, oil on canvas

 

Kulový blesk, 2024, 120 x 140 cm, olej na plátně
The Thunderball, 2024, 120 x 140 cm, oi on canvas

 


 

Dávení, 2024, 100 x 80 cm, olej na plátně
Dávení, 2024, 100 x 80 cm, olej na plátně

 

Maškary na molu, 2024, 100 x 210 cm, olej na plátně
Maškary na molu, 2024, 100 x 210 cm, olej na plátně

 

Zámek, 2024, 170 x 150 cm, olej na plátně
Zámek, 2024, 170 x 150 cm, olej na plátně

 

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