{"id":42963,"date":"2026-03-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gnews.cz\/?p=42963"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:16:42","slug":"obrazarna-spejchar-zelec-si-vydobyla-predni-misto-mezi-jihoceskymi-stanky-vytvarneho-umeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnews.cz\/en\/tema\/obrazarna-spejchar-zelec-si-vydobyla-predni-misto-mezi-jihoceskymi-stanky-vytvarneho-umeni\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u0160pejchar \u017dele\u010d Picture Gallery has earned a leading place among South Bohemian art stalls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enlighteners of the South<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Under this term, the art-loving public will surely recall the South Bohemian gallery OBRAZ\u00c1RNA \u0160PEJCHAR \u017dELE\u010c, which has earned a leading place among (not only) South Bohemian stands of fine art during the decades of its existence. This is due to its varied exhibition dramaturgy, regularly presenting dozens of Czechoslovak masters of the 20th and 21st century palette. The Association Osv\u011bt\u00e1\u0159i Jihu was founded by the tireless art historian, curator, art publicist and writer Pavel \u0160midrkal. The aim of the association is to discover, preserve and disseminate the cultural heritage associated with the region through lectures, exhibitions and its own publishing activities. At the same time, it promotes and increases tourism in the region by promoting its history and present and by disseminating useful information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opening ceremony of the new gallery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The \u017dele\u010d Picture Gallery celebrated its 13th exhibition season in 2024. In the spirit of the saying about the unlucky number, it was also the last one, when other interests won over culture and education. The village thus lost its extraordinary cultural magnet that attracted those interested in the visual arts from home and abroad. The enlighteners of the South therefore had to change their location, which happened thanks to the understanding of the owner of the Bechyn\u011b Spa and the listed building, the so-called Kot\u011bra Villa (built in 1905), which was thus transformed into an exhibition hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Osv\u011bt\u00e1\u0159i have been cooperating with the spa for several years, and exhibitions organized by them have contributed to the leisure activities of spa guests and holidaymakers. Their popularity grew hand in hand with the visitors (normally 100 guests at the opening), until the premises in the main building of the spa began to serve a different purpose and the time came to look for a replacement, more representative. All's well that ends well! Kot\u00e9r's Villa is thus the new and important location of the Association of the Enlightened of the South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What we can look forward to<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As Pavel \u0160midrkal told us, the premiere of the exhibition opened with a presentation by the top Czech landscape painter Josef \u010cern\u00fd entitled Homage to Landscape and City, which will run until the beginning of May. In this context, we must remind you that visitors to the gallery will also have the opportunity to see several works commemorating the liberation of the republic from the fascists at the end of the Second World War in 1945, as \u010cern\u00fd returned to this theme with several themes of American soldiers during the occupation of Pilsen, after the city's inhabitants themselves had liberated their city after fighting with the Nazis - three hundred patriots were killed at that time, mainly from the ranks of railway and postal workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upcoming events will include a presentation by painter Martin Ko\u0159enko, June will bring a cross-section of the work of art photographer Lev Pavluch, then it will be time for Karel Moln\u00e1r and a series of regional authors. It is certainly pleasing news that a selection of Josef \u010cern\u00fd's work will be presented in April-May alongside the Bechyn\u011b exhibition by the Prague Small Gallery Tudy k badateln\u011b Vojensk\u00e9 \u00fastn\u00edho archivu (Prague 6), this time directed by the Association of Czechoslovak Foreign Airmen-East. Their exhibitions never lack catalogues of the authors and admission is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paintings with themes of Paris and Sumava<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Bechyn\u011b opening of the paintings by the painter Josef \u010cern\u00fd became an opportunity to meet art personalities of the South Bohemian Region, such as Valentin Horba, Josef Z\u00e1ruba, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Pitlik or Lev Pavlucha. The opening speech was given by the mayor of Bechyn\u011b \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Ond\u0159ich. Among the distinguished guests was Gen. Franti\u0161ek Pad\u011blek, chairman of the Club of Generals of the Czech Republic. The most satisfaction was expressed by the patients of the spa present, for whom the opening was an inspiring evening of bonding with the paintings to beautiful music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It remains to add that the painter and draughtsman Josef \u010cern\u00fd (born in 1943) remains unaffected by old age in his current work. He does not lack liveliness, he is tireless and full of energy. He fills his studio with new works, almost daily using his brush to work magic on the canvas. His talent was already strengthened decades ago by private studies (1961- 63) with ac. mal. Franti\u0161ek Jel\u00ednek, then with ac. mal. Vladim\u00edr Havlice. In 1978-1981 Josef \u010cern\u00fd graduated from the Lum\u00edr Topinka Art School. He held eighty solo exhibitions, some of his paintings crossed our borders in all directions (quotation from the exhibition catalogue by curator Pavel \u0160midrkal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ivan Cerny <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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