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Original vintage poster:
"CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE MEADOW"
Designed by: Marie Fischerova-Kvechova (1892-1984), monogrammed in the lower left corner "MFK", possibly around 1940s to 1960s
Total measurements: with paper approx. 56x49cm, poster itself approx. 42x37cm
Condition report: poster is overall in decent condition, was stored rolled, paper around shows some fold lines, minor tears and creasing especially on edges and in corners, poster is glued in the upper corners to it's base, there is some creasing especially in the upper right corner
Historical context: Marie Fischerova-Kvechova (1892-1984) was a Czech painter and illustrator.
She studied in Prague at the School of Applied Arts, where her professors were, for example, Jakub Schikaneder and Jan Preisler, then completed a one-year study stay in Paris with Professor Nandin at the Colarossi Academy.
With the outbreak of the First World War, she returned to Prague, where she married doctor Jan Fischer on November 16, 1915.
Thanks to her husband's profession, she got into the hospital environment, where her first drawings of newborns were created.
In the interwar years, she was a sought-after author of children's books, but after the communist coup of 1948, she was banned from publication, also because of her leaning towards the traditional values of Christian society and the natural religiosity of many of her works.
She therefore resorted to portraiture of family members, friends and acquaintances.
In addition to the world of children, the painter's inspiration was nature, she captured her garden and the surroundings of the family villa many times in drawings and watercolors.
She is known primarily as an author and illustrator of books for children.
She also devoted herself to figure and portrait work, painted a number of landscape paintings, sgraffito for a children's care home in Dvur Kralove, wall paintings for schools, her drawings have also found application in the fields of applied art, they appear on postcards, promotional printed materials, calendars and children's playing blocks.
Marie Fischerova-Kvechova created designs for children's clothing and dining services, cut-out baby dolls and cut-out folk cribs.
She used inspiration from folk art in dozens of studies of folk costumes or illustrations of folk songs.
For her work, she was awarded a Gold Medal at the exhibition of decorative arts in Paris in 1925.
Her work is still spread today using postcards, which are a valuable collector's item (Wiki).
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