Jindřichův mlýn

Jindřichův Mill

A substantial landscape composition by Imrich Plekanec depicting Jindřichův Mill set within an open, gently rolling countryside. The subject, technique, dimensions and date can be identified from the surviving older handwritten label on the reverse, which records the title “Jindřichův mlýn”, the technique oil on canvas, dimensions of 90 × 60 cm, and the year 1950. The artist develops the landscape through several spatial planes. Broad green fields and meadows dominate the foreground, rising in gentle curves towards a group of rural buildings in the middle distance. White and ochre houses with reddish-brown roofs form the natural centre of the composition. Beyond them, the countryside continues towards isolated farmsteads and a wooded horizon. The colour structure is particularly appealing. Plekanec combines numerous shades of green with ochre, brown and reddish tones in the fields and rooftops, while the sky is rendered in softer blues and blue-greys. The result is a calm and harmonious landscape evoking the atmosphere of late summer or early autumn. The artist employs a clear composition and sensitively alternates cultivated fields, meadows, trees and individual buildings. The differently coloured strips of farmland establish a natural rhythm and guide the viewer's eye deep into the pictorial space. Although depicting a specific location, Plekanec does not pursue photographic precision. Instead, he simplifies the landscape into areas of colour and concentrates on its atmosphere, light and spatial character. Painted in 1950, the work represents a classic example of Plekanec's landscape painting. It is particularly interesting when viewed alongside Lot #153 from 1947: created within a relatively short period, the two paintings demonstrate the artist's continuing interest in landscape and rural life while presenting distinctly different approaches. Whereas “Mimořezné” places human labour at the centre of the composition, “Jindřichův mlýn” is primarily a tranquil observation of the countryside and rural settlement. The work is signed lower right. An older handwritten label preserved on the reverse records information relating to the painting, including the title “Jindřichův mlýn”, the technique oil on canvas, dimensions of 90 × 60 cm and the date 1950. Executed in oil on canvas, the painting measures 90 × 60 cm excluding the frame and is presented in a decorative light-coloured frame. CURATOR'S TIP: What immediately appeals here is the generous scale and wonderfully open landscape. At 90 centimetres, this is already a substantial painting, and the succession of green meadows, colourful fields, old rural houses and distant hills gives it excellent spatial depth. It is a calm, highly decorative landscape that works beautifully in an interior, complemented by its light decorative frame. FOR INVESTORS: Particularly attractive is the relationship between the scale, technique, date and starting price. This is a signed oil on canvas from 1950 measuring 90 × 60 cm, offered with a starting price of only CZK 3,000. The surviving label on the reverse also provides the title, technique, dimensions and date of the work. Within this price category, it represents a very accessible opportunity to acquire a substantial example of traditional landscape painting.