Lot 641: BENES Vincenc (22. 1. 1883 Velke Lisice near

BENES Vincenc (22. 1. 1883 Velke Lisice near Chlumec n. Cidlinou - 27. 3. 1979 Prague) Motif from Ricky Oil on canvas, 34,5 x 74,5 cm, framed, undated [before 1947], signed lower right, presentation inscription to A. Hoffmeister dated 1947 at the back. Czech painter, he studied under E. Dite and E. K. Liska at the Academy of Decorative Arts in Prague and then under V. Bukovac at the Prague Academy of Arts. He took part in the second exhibition of the ""Osma"" group of artists with whom he shared an interest in Expressionism and Cubism. He is known for his distinctive colourful landscapes and still-life paintings. Apart from his concern for the impressive character of colour and colour patches, he was also concerned with simple monumentality derived from Neoclassicism of the 1920s. See T 1/55, V 1/167, B 1/622, Ch 1/134, NECVU 1/62.