The exhibition will commemorate the work of Bedřich Feigl
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"With the exception of a small exhibition (of Feigl's) drawings and graphics in the Franz Kafka Gallery 11 years ago, this exhibition is Feigl's first solo exhibition in Prague after 70 years," said Arno Pařík, the curator of the exhibition, at a press conference today. According to him, most of the exhibited works come from Jewish property confiscated by the Nazis, which remained in Prague apartments after the deportation of their inhabitants.
"(The exhibition) mainly presents (Feigl's) works from the 20s and 30s, from the time when he regularly exhibited in Prague, often traveled here and returned permanently after the rise of Nazism in Germany," said Pařík. Although according to him, Feigl is considered one of the recognized artists in the world and especially in England, his work is not very well known in the Czech Republic.
Bedřich Feigl (1884-1965) helped organize an exhibition in Prague in 1907 featuring eight artists who opposed the artistic traditions of the time. The exhibition and the resulting artistic group were named Osma. This year marks 100 years since their first joint exhibition. Among the members of Osma were Emil Filla and Bohumil Kubišta, for example. The group primarily identified with expressionism and fauvism.
After 1910, Feigl spent over 20 years in Berlin, then moved back to Prague, but due to the Nazi occupation, he had to emigrate to London in 1939, where he also died in 1965.
Feigl's work primarily dealt with Jewish themes. Biblical stories were close to him. He was also fascinated by landscapes, depicting Prague, Croatian Dubrovnik, as well as London and Jerusalem in the style of contemporary modernism. He illustrated, for example, Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment and Balzac's Gobseck.
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