1005 - Jaroslav Kovář, "Der gelbe Strich", abstract composition with yellow wavy line, dated 2000

Jaroslav Kovář, "Der gelbe Strich", abstract composition with yellow wavy line, dated 2000 (1936 Brno – 2001 Freiburg im Breisgau), mixed media on paper, signed "J KOVÁŘ" in yellow-green and dated 2000 lower right, abstract composition in three horizontal zones, at the top a black hatched field, in the middle a broad white to light blue-grey band containing a curved yellow line across the entire width, at the bottom a black field, good condition commensurate with age, slightly torn at the edge on the right side, image 60x86 cm (HxW), mounted on a backing, behind glass, framed, narrow silver-coloured moulding, frame width 2 cm, frame with small losses Jaroslav Kovář studied at the School of Applied Arts and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and lived in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1968. The Czech graphic artist became known above all for etchings in drypoint and aquatint; he also produced chalk drawings, gouaches and non-representational paintings. His abstract work draws on the Baroque heritage and the poetics of Surrealism. In the 1990s he worked mainly with chalk on paper and reworked the sheets with gouache; around 2000 he divided sheets into a light and a dark half with light gouache colours. Kovář was a member of the Prague printmakers' association Hollar, a fellow of the Aldegrever-Gesellschaft in 1979 and from 1992 an honorary member of the Masaryk Academy of Arts in Prague; he exhibited in Freiburg, Prague and Las Palmas, among other places. Mixed media combines different binders and colour materials on one support.