Pair to the  item no. 4391.

Modernist street view from Central Asian Turkestan by good-listed Czech painter and sculptor Karel Soucek (born 1885, date of death unknown). The artist studied at the beginning by sculptor Jindr, Rihy, then at the art school in Praque and later in Russia. he settled in Tiflis , worked as teacher of drawing and exhibited here. In Tiflis he created the monument of Georgian writer A.Mizandari, painted portraits of Georgian nobility ( prince Argutinsky-Dolgoruky). Lived short time in Krasnovodsk, and since 1918 became Professor of Art School in Samarkand (Russian Turkestan, now Uzbekistan), from where is motif of our painting. In 1922 he came back to Praque.

Literature : Prof.Toman"Dictionary of Czech artists"(in Czech), Praque, 1960.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on cardboard. Gallery frame.

Measurements: unframed w 9 1/2" x h. 8 1/4". (24 x 21 cm), matted and framed 12 5/8" x h 10 1/4" (32 x 26 cm ).

Condition: in very good condition.