973 - Petr Zlamal, townscape with twin-towered church, Czech painter and graphic artist from Šternberk

Petr Zlamal, townscape with twin-towered church, Czech painter and graphic artist from Šternberk (born 1949 Olomouc), mixed media on paper, signed lower left, artist's label verso "Petr Zlamal, akademický malíř, Šternberk", townscape from an elevated viewpoint, yellow houses with blue and red roofs, at right a twin-towered church with red tower caps, at left a larger building with a pointed turret, trees in front, wooded hills in the background under a cloudy sky, good condition, image 26x36.5 cm (HxW), mount, glazed, framed, frame bumped, overall 42x52 cm (HxW) Petr Zlamal was born in Olomouc in 1949 as the son of the painter Wilhelm Zlamal and studied from 1968 to 1974 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the studio for monumental painting under Arnošt Paderlík. He works as a painter, draughtsman and graphic artist and lives in Šternberk, where he organised international painters' symposia from 1992 to 1995; in 2009 he received the Prize of the Town of Šternberk. From 1974 to 1991 he was a member of the Union of Czech Fine Artists, and since 1990 he has belonged to the Artists' Union Olomouc.