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Thomas Rajlich BIOGRAPHY
Born 1940. Known for: Geometric vein, Minimalism, Fundamental Painting, texture and structure in painted surfaces.
Tomas Rajlich was a Czech artist who was born in an unknown year and studied sculpture at the School of Decorative Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He co-founded the Klub Konkretistu in... Read full biography
Tomas Rajlich was a Czech artist who was born in an unknown year and studied sculpture at the School of Decorative Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He co-founded the Klub Konkretistu in 1966 and gained national fame in Czechoslovakia. Due to the Soviet Occupation, he left his homeland... Read full biography
Tomas Rajlich was a Czech artist who was born in an unknown year and studied sculpture at the School of Decorative Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He co-founded the Klub Konkretistu in 1966 and gained national fame in Czechoslovakia. Due to the Soviet Occupation, he left his homeland in 1969 and settled in the Netherlands, where he started teaching and found his vocation to become a painter. Rajlich's artwork style is characterized by his use of the grid as the measure of all... Read full biography
Tomas Rajlich was a Czech artist who was born in an unknown year and studied sculpture at the School of Decorative Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He co-founded the Klub Konkretistu in 1966 and gained national fame in Czechoslovakia. Due to the Soviet Occupation, he left his homeland in 1969 and settled in the Netherlands, where he started teaching and found his vocation to become a painter. Rajlich's artwork style is characterized by his use of the grid as the measure of all things, and he often starts with a network of horizontal and vertical lines that he covers with loose brushwork. His painted surfaces are known for their exceptional feel for color, sheen, and substance of materials, and texture and structure predominate.... Read full biography
Tomas Rajlich was a Czech artist who was born in an unknown year and studied sculpture at the School of Decorative Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He co-founded the Klub Konkretistu in 1966 and gained national fame in Czechoslovakia. Due to the Soviet Occupation, he left his homeland in 1969 and settled in the Netherlands, where he started teaching and found his vocation to become a painter. Rajlich's artwork style is characterized by his use of the grid as the measure of all things, and he often starts with a network of horizontal and vertical lines that he covers with loose brushwork. His painted surfaces are known for their exceptional feel for color, sheen, and substance of materials, and texture and structure predominate. He is associated with Minimalism and Fundamental Painting, and his contemporaries include Robert Ryman, Robert Mangold, Agnes Martin, and the early wo... Read full biography
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Tomas Railich, Tomas Rajlich, Thomas Raylich
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Tomas Rajlich was a Czech artist who was born in an unknown year and studied sculpture at the School of Decorative Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He co-founded the Klub Konkretistu in 1966 and gained national fame in Czechoslovakia. Due to the Soviet Occupation, he left his homeland in 1969 and settled in the Netherlands, where he started teaching and found his vocation to become a painter. Rajlich's artwork style is characterized by his use of the grid as the measure of all things, and he often starts with a network of horizontal and vertical lines that he covers with loose brushwork. His painted surfaces are known for their exceptional feel for color, sheen, and substance of materials, and texture and structure predominate. ...But wait, there's more...
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