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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech painter
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1974
activeYearsStart 1940s
countryOfBirth Czechoslovakia
countryOfCitizenship Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
dateOfBirth 1926-11-03
dateOfDeath 1974-08-23
educatedAt Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
era postwar art
exhibition National Gallery Prague
Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague
familyName Medek
father Rudolf Medek
genre abstract painting
surrealist painting
givenName Mikuláš
influencedBy Christian iconography
European Surrealism
linked to: Surrealism

war experiences
languageOfWork Czech
movement Existentialism
linked to: existentialism

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Surrealism
name Mikuláš Medek
nationality Czech
notableFor emotionally charged imagery
existential painting
postwar surrealist works
notableWork Cycle of "Signs in Space" paintings
Cycle of "Stigmata" paintings
occupation painter
visual artist
placeOfBirth Prague
placeOfDeath Prague
politicalContext persecuted by communist regime in Czechoslovakia
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Ivan Medek
spouse Emila Medková
style symbolic abstraction
textural painting
theme existential anxiety
human suffering
religious symbolism
workLocation Czechoslovakia
Prague

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Surrealist Group in Prague notableMember Mikuláš Medek
Mikuláš Medek name Mikuláš Medek