Syrovy Josef (1879-1956) "young Merchants In Venice" Prague Italy Czech Brno Paris Rome

SYROVY Josef (1879-1956)

"Young Merchants in Venice"

Oil on panel,
Signed lower left,

Beautiful bright work by the Czech painter Joseph Syrovy depicting young merchants in Venice. The artist uses a palette of bright colors, on the play of contrast and light to bring his painting to life.
The details of the faces and clothes of young boys are perfectly done.

A student of Václav Brožík and Vojtěch Hynais at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Josef Syrovy moved to Venice, Italy, at the age of 20, then to Paris in 1911. He was particularly interested in Venice in the local life of its inhabitants and in France in the landscape of Brittany and Itteville in Île-de-France, which reminded him of his native village.
Josef Syrovy exhibited for the first time in Prague in 1928. His work was critically acclaimed in France. In 1939, he returned to Prague and focused his artistic work on the urban landscape of the Czech capital.  In 1940, he exhibited 23 paintings and 13 watercolours at the Mazač Gallery, after 1945 he participated in the exhibition "The Nation and its Artists". Josef Syrouvy is among others the author of the altarpiece of the Church of St. Peter Audrey and the paintings of St. Avojtěch in the chapel there.

Nb: Fine original cracks, without incidence, due to the rapid drying of the paint are to be noted.

Dimensions: 33 x 24 cm without frame and 34.5 x 26 cm with its original wooden frame.

Our work can form a pendant with the other painting currently for sale: "Young Venetian Woman with a Jug".

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