The Soukup Room 1

Jiri Soukup escaped from the communist Czechoslovakia in 1970, and many of his paintings were either lost, or their present owners are not known. Some of these therefore exist only as slides or images. Where the current owner is known this is shown in [brackets]. He now lives in Richmond, Ontario where he harvests C++ computer code (Code Farms Inc), and hangs his paintings. He and his wife Hana live a very full life, within which his art affords Jiri a relaxation from the software design world. The pieces are in roughly chronological order, starting in the late 1950s in Room1 and Room 2, and (under construction) ending with the most recent work in Room 4.

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Street vendor of 'ostepek'
(smoked sheep cheese)
Oil on canvas, 1955
17x25 ins (42x64 cm)

Three retired men
Oil on canvas, 1955
17x25 ins (42x62 cm)
[Artist]

Mystery
Oil on paper, 1958
~14x16 ins (35x41 cm)
 


"Four rivers flow, and a
circle around them"
(Broumy near Beroun)
Oil on canvas, 1957
~20x34 ins (51x86 cm)

Early spring road, Broumy
Oil on canvas, 1957
12x16 ins (30x40 cm)
 
 

Landscape, near Prague
Oil on canvas, 1957
~20x34 ins (51x86 cm)
[Dr. J Soukup, Prague]
 


Votice, South Bohemia
Oil on canvas, 1958,
12x16 ins (30x40 cm)

Hermanuv Mestec I
Oil on paper, 1958
~12x21 ins (31x50 cm)

Road in Rain, Kladno
Oil on plywood, 1958
~12 x17 ins (30x44 cm)
[Private collection, Basel]


Cold stove
Oil on canvas, 1958
~27x34 ins (68x86 cm)

Sailboat race
Oil on canvas, 1958
~22x30 ins (57x75 cm)


Where the current owner is known
this is shown in [brackets].

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