Mikuláš Medek

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Mikuláš Medek was a prominent Czech painter known for his distinctive, emotionally charged postwar surrealist and existential works.

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instanceOf Czech painter
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1974
activeYearsStart 1940s
countryOfBirth Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
dateOfBirth 1926-11-03
dateOfDeath 1974-08-23
educatedAt Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague NERFINISHED
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague NERFINISHED
era postwar art
exhibition National Gallery Prague NERFINISHED
Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague NERFINISHED
familyName Medek NERFINISHED
father Rudolf Medek NERFINISHED
genre abstract painting
surrealist painting
givenName Mikuláš NERFINISHED
influencedBy Christian iconography
European Surrealism NERFINISHED
war experiences
languageOfWork Czech
movement Existentialism NERFINISHED
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Surrealism
name Mikuláš Medek NERFINISHED
nationality Czech
notableFor emotionally charged imagery
existential painting
postwar surrealist works
notableWork Cycle of "Signs in Space" paintings NERFINISHED
Cycle of "Stigmata" paintings
occupation painter
visual artist
placeOfBirth Prague NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Prague NERFINISHED
politicalContext persecuted by communist regime in Czechoslovakia
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Ivan Medek NERFINISHED
spouse Emila Medková NERFINISHED
style symbolic abstraction
textural painting
theme existential anxiety
human suffering
religious symbolism
workLocation Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
Prague NERFINISHED

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Surrealist Group in Prague notableMember Mikuláš Medek