The INVESTinART Collection · lot 151030 · painting · 70 × 31 cm
Ferry on the Váh
Original title: “Kompa na Váhu”
1922 Leopoldov–2004 Piešťany
About the work
A ferry crossing the Váh — a motif from the lower Váh region, the land of the artist's birth. The elongated format lets the calm surface of the river stand out; a characteristic example of Paulovič's landscape painting.
Catalogue details
- Artist
- Emil Paulovič
- Year
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on fibreboard
- Signature
- signed lower right “Paulovič”; artist's label on the reverse
- Dimensions (unframed)
- 70 × 31 cm
- Dimensions (framed)
- not stated in the catalogue — to be measured
- Provenance
- Auction house, Slovak Republic
About the artist
Emil Paulovič
1922 Leopoldov–2004 Piešťany
An academic painter and stage designer who bequeathed a whole gallery to his native Leopoldov: he studied painting in the art department of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava and worked as a stage and costume designer at the theatres of Trnava, Zvolen, Banská Bystrica and Martin. Alongside the stage he painted the Váh river country, flower still lifes and the figure; in 1997 he donated 160 works to his home town, giving rise to a permanent exhibition. His works are also owned by the Balneological Museum in Piešťany, the Ján Koniarek Gallery in Trnava and the M. A. Bazovský Gallery in Trenčín — and the Ferry on the Váh in our collection is a homage to the river of his life.
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“Ferry on the Váh” — Emil Paulovič, lot 151030