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Ministry of the Interior noticing in time. In Italy, he had the opportunity to study the works of Italian masters and contemporary art, as well as to experience Italian neorealism in film. There he met Jacqueline Sussan, a French student of Italian language and art history. He returned to Prague only out of a sense of responsibility towards his mother and Prof. Holý, who had vouched for him and would have been threatened with punishment by the
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815:, 1985). A symbol of resilience in the harsh conditions of the arid land is the cycle of burnt yet vibrant African palm trees that Franta painted from 1988 to the 1990s. They exude an undying determination to survive, an elemental energy and strength with which they must constantly defy the harsh conditions of life. African nature sometimes bursts with colour against the background of the figures (
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only after two years were they able to go to secondary art school in Brno. Even before passing the entrance exams to the Higher School of Art
Industry in Brno, he took evening drawing classes based on a model, at the Faculty of Education. After graduation, František Mertl decided between studying architecture or painting. In 1952 he was admitted to the
1116:(1989). This expressive sculpture of a one-armed man with an upraised arm is a symbol of the vulnerability of man, but also emphasises the strength of his soul and his indomitability even in the most difficult moments. The sculpture is also a memorial to Franta's late friend Michel and has become a symbol of the
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tried to force him to cooperate by indiscriminate pressure; his brother's studies at university were interrupted. František Mertl married in France in 1959 and with his wife
Jacqueline has a son Pierre (* 1960) and a daughter Catherine (* 1961). Jacqueline's family shared a similarly dramatic fate to
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The subjects of Franta's paintings have a deeply human appeal, even as they reflect a world full of evil and civilizational violence and indifference to human fate. The central motif is the human victim as a naked figure, often reduced to mere matter. As oppressive metaphysical symbols, fragments of
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In 1956 the school received an offer through the
Ministry of Education to study at the Accademia Belle Arti in Perugia. Thanks to the financial guarantee of a former business partner of Mertl's father, who lived in Italy, František Mertl was the only student who managed to obtain a visa and travel
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The painter was strongly influenced by his direct participation in the birth of both of his children, and he returned to the subject repeatedly. His painting became spontaneous to the point of gesture, as if he were trying to capture a fleeting intense sensation. The enclosed volume of the figure
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František Mertl was granted French citizenship, while his Czech citizenship was revoked. When his father died and his mother fell ill, he looked for ways to visit her. The
Czechoslovak authorities did not recognize his French citizenship until 17 years after his emigration and after he had paid a
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František Mertl attended school in
Brtnice during the war, where his talent as a draughtsman was noticed by his drawing teacher Alois Toufar and influenced his future direction. However, at his father's request, František and his brother began their studies at the Slavic Gymnasium in Olomouc, and
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Prof. Holý's students at the academy devoted much time to drawing figures and portraits from a model, and were also given the task of modelling a portrait in clay. František Mertl also deepened his thorough knowledge of human anatomy through his friendship with medics who arranged for him to
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wrote of Franta's paintings: "Franta pursues one of the two most important practices of mid-20th-century art: an organic anonymity that is the antithesis of the tradition of the portrait of human individuality. The defeat of man here cries out in endless suffering, without recourse, without
596:, 1960). All of his early works from around 1962 were acquired by a private gallery, which entered into a three-year contract with Franta. He was later able to buy some of them back at auction. A transition to a different painting style is represented by the strongly expressive painting
811:, 1982). Beauty here is not an object of observation but a matter of everyday life, the black colour of the skin sometimes appearing white in the reflection of sunlight. At other times, the naked bodies are the same colour as their surroundings and appear to emerge from the ground (
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African-Americans in New York have a very different character. They depict seemingly the same human types as in Africa, but the setting is dramatically different - the battered human heads with averted glances in the subway
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More than 120 solo exhibitions in Europe, USA, Japan. In group exhibitions he was represented alongside artists such as Pablo
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also printed their prints. His lithographic illustrations are in the books by Katy Remi - La grand peste (1997), Robert
Butheau - M... quotidien (1989) and Gilbert Casula - Sirventes (2006).
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participate in autopsies. During his studies in Italy, he became directly acquainted with the works of the old masters and modern art, and was also influenced by the cinematic wave of
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was bothered by her Jewish origin and considered her a spy. Before her flight, she was told that she would not receive another visa to Czechoslovakia.
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had also been following him in Italy and years later learned that they had planted an agent who posed as an Italian but was from
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opens up into space through illusionistic painting, and the human body is transformed into a symbolic and dynamic metaphor (
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large sum for his studies, and granted him a visa in 1974. Throughout his stay, his family was followed and harassed by the
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region, where he found new inspiration for his work. With an all-terrain vehicle and a tent, he travelled through
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in detail, from where he has taken many drawings. Since 1985, Franta has had six solo exhibitions in
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at an exhibition marking the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of the
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since the 15th century. She visited František Mertl twice in
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