Discover the Artistic Legacy of Jaroslav Paur: A Retrospective at Museum Kampa

This exhibition showcases the complete and multilayered work of painter Jaroslav Paur (1918-1987). It traces his artistic journey from engagement with the expressive tendencies of the 1940s to his consistent development of urban themes and abstract informal aesthetics in later decades.

Jaroslav Paur's (1918-1987) painting occupies a significant, though perhaps not yet fully recognized, place within the powerful generation of Czech artists emerging in the 1940s. This exhibition aims to present his work in its entirety, revealing its multilayered character and the unique development of his content within internally closed thematic cycles. In his early phase, Paur engaged with the expressive trends of the war years, drawing parallels with the programmatic thinking of the 'Seven in October' group and the civilian expression of the '42 Group'. During the 1950s, he dedicated himself to his distinct theme of the city, a subject he consistently developed throughout the sixties and seventies. In these later periods, his focus shifted towards the expressive and content values of painting, partly incorporating elements of contemporary abstract informal aesthetics. A notable aspect of his compositions is a mysterious atmosphere pervading monumentally conceived abstract urban landscapes, which, in some instances, evoke cosmic structures. Paur's oeuvre stands as an extraordinarily authentic testimony to the complex relationship between humanity and urban agglomeration, infused with lyrical poetic tendencies and a potent existential expression.

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