Mikuláš Medek was a Czech painter. He united the artistic tradition of over three generations and thanks to the originality of his expression, depth and spirituality of his extraordinary work, he occupies one of the most prominent places in the Czech art history of the post-war period. Medek's entire work must be perceived in the context of the times, as it directly reflects the oppressive atmosphere of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. He worked freely only for a short period between 1963 and 1969 and had only two exhibitions in Prague during his lifetime.
Emila Medková - Mikuláš Medek, Genoa, 1967
Emila Medková - last photograph of Mikuláš Medek, Letná studio (1973)
Mikuláš Medek, Still life with Green Vase (1944)
Mikuláš Medek, Untitled - Corn (1946)
Zbyněk Sekal was a Czech sculptor, painter and translator. During World War II he was imprisoned for three years in the Mauthausen concentration camp. After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, he emigrated to Austria. Already in the mid-1960s, he was considered one of the most important and distinctive Czech sculptors.
Zbyněk Sekal (1994), portrait by Eva Choung-Fux
Zbyněk Sekal, reconstructed studio, National Gallery Prague, Trade Fair Palace
Dead Head, 1957, bronze, Museum of Art Olomouc
Screaming Head, 1957, patinated plaster, GASK Kutná Hora