The Return of Štefan Schwartz
SNG, Esterházy Palace, 3. floor, Nám. Ľ. Štúra 4, Bratislava
6. December 2007 - 17. February 2008
The gift of Viera Schwartzová to SNG
Author of the publication Eva Šefčáková
Curators of the exhibition Beata Jablonská, Alexandra Kusá
In 2005 the Slovak National Gallery acquired an unusual gift, the artistic bequest of the painter Štefan Schwartz, which consists of 800 works, including paintings, drawings and prints.
Štefan Schwartz is one of the leading figures of Slovak modern art, a representative of the generation that entered the art scene in the memorable sixties. Although he worked independently, his early work corresponded with the emergence of the artists associated with the Bratislava Confrontations (1961-1964) and abstract art in the Slovak environment. Schwartz’s abstract paintings ranged from lyrical abstraction and its structural registers to imprints and frottage works of concrete reality – canal covers, pavement and signboards. After the Soviet invasion in 1968, he emigrated to Switzerland and his work remained almost unknown to Slovakia.
By accepting the present, the Slovak National Gallery has pledged to acquaint the Slovak viewers with a part of work of this artist and remember the person whose difficult life was closely associated with Slovakia’s modern history. Apart from exhibiting the donated gift, the project will include the launch of the artist’s monograph which was written in cooperation with PhDr. Eva Šefčáková.
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Štefan Schwartz - Z 9052, 1990, disperzia na papieri
Štefan Schwartz - Z 7116, 1971, disperzia na papieri
Štefan Schwartz - Z 9405, 1994, disperzia na papieri
Štefan Schwartz - Neovládateľné gule /citácia Vincent van Gogh: Café de nuit, 1992
Štefan Schwartz - Tečúci nadbytok / citácia Peter Bruegel: Sedliacka svadba, 1994
Štefan Schwartz - Lekári po rybolove / citácia Rembrandt van Rijn, Anatómia doktora Nicolasa Tulpa.1993
Štefan Schwartz - Korčuľovanie proti vetru / citácia Henry Raeburn: Reverend Walker pri korčuľovaní..., 1994
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