Painter, draughtsman. First lady of Czech abstraction. Cause of political background of her family she could not study at university. In 1955 she married prominent Czech post-war theoretician and critic Jiří Padrta. He taught her in the avant-garde tendencies of post-war western art. In 1956 she began with radical abstract art, close to french lyrical abstraction, tachism and influenced by Far East calligraphy. Around 1960 she „invented“ the technique of dripping. 1961 she abandonned the painting and untill 2011 never worked again. In 2011 begins the late work of Padrtová. Since that time is her work re-discovered and new appreciated.
Literature: Ladislav Daněk (ed.), Ludmila Padrtová. Gesto, pohyb, barva. Dílo 1951–2013. [exhibition catalogue]. Západočeská galerie, Pilsen 2013.
Taking off
Inventory number: r0080
Size: 390 × 294 cm
Material: collage, coloured chalks, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2012
Status: available
Price: 499 eur
Little big rascal
Inventory number: r0081
Size: 410 × 295 cm
Material: collage, coloured chalks, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2012
Status: available
Price: 499 eur
People
Inventory number: r0082
Size: 142 × 130 mm
Material: coloured chalks, spray, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2015
Status: unavailable
Mystery and strenght of lonely trees
Inventory number: r0083
Size: 129 × 135 mm
Material: coloured chalks, tempera, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2014
Status: unavailable
Silence
Inventory number: r0084
Size: 71 × 105 mm
Material: charcoal, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2014
Status: unavailable
The end of the cruise
Inventory number: r0085
Size: 115 × 81 mm
Material: coloured chalk, spray, glitters, charcoal, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2015
Status: unavailable
The mountains are aiming high
Inventory number: r0086
Size: 200 × 148 mm
Material: coloured chalk, collage, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2014
Status: unavailable
Sick mind
Inventory number: r0087
Size: 218 × 218 mm
Material: coloured chalks, tempera, paper
Period: contemporary
Country of origin: Czechia
Year made: 2014
Status: unavailable
