Cyril Chramosta/Prague Castle in Winter Twilight/ORIGINAL coloured LITHOGRAPH 1969

Specification  

Continent: ##Europa #Czechoslovakia #Pragenzia 

Motive: #urban landscape Prague Castle 

Artist's Main Feature: #Born in a provincial very famous of its history Czech town Husinec, Cyril Chramosta (1908–1990) was an academic Czech painter, engraver and books decorator. With maturity, he developed elegance of form, individualising of style and sensitivity. His works belong to the realistic stream of the South Bohemia modern art. For his artistic activity, he was awarded the title of «Honoured Artist» in 1978 and the title of «National Artist» in 1988.

Subject: Chramosta displays his strong sense of the wonderful atmosphere of a winter twilight in Prague. As a draughtsman, he shows to hear his incisive and individual manner. The work of art is distinguished by a quiet clarity of detail.   

 Age: #1969

Medium: #coloured lithography

Location: #Czechoslovakia

Signature: pencil & in print signed & dated by the author 

Originality: 5/100

Size (in mm): 

The overall size is ca. 175 x 200 

The image size is ca. 145 x 190

Size (in inches): 

The overall size is ca. 6,9 x 8 

The image size is ca. 7,5 x 5,5

Condition:

Grading: Good 

Corners: Good

Writing to back No
Writing to front: Signature with ink&pencil dated  

Stains on front: No 

Stains on back: No

Creases or bends: No 

Tears: No 

Pinholes: No

Artist#Engraver: Born in provincial Czech town Husinec, the native land of Jan His, a key personage of the Czech Renaissance and Reformation, Cyril Chramosta (1908–1990) shows in his works that his roots lie deep in the native soil and mental climate of this part of the South Bohemia. He studied at the Secondary School of Civil Engineering in Prague, University of Applied Arts Prague — Blažíček Oldřich, State Graphic School — Secondary School of Industry for Graphics — University of Art, Architecture and Design Prague. Member of the Czech Fine Arts Fund (ČFVU), since 1937 member of the Association of South Bohemian Artists. He lived and worked mainly in Prague, but often returned to his hometown Husinec. He liked landscapes of the Elbe, small Czech province town Mělník, and set up a studio in small-town Obříství.

His pictures can be found in many Czech and foreign collections - for example in the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou or the gallery of the Prague capital.

For his life's work, he was awarded the title of «Honored Artist» in 1978 and the title of «National Artist» in 1988.

He has organized a number of personal exhibitions in the Czech Republic, for example Prague (Brussels Pavilion, Mánes, U Hybernů House, House of Fine Arts, etc.), and in small Czech towns such as  Písek, České Budějovice, Olomouc, Litoměřice, Vodnany, Prachatice, Klatovy, Roudnice nad Labem etc. abroad House of Culture Bratislava