20th Century

20th Century

The monster’s waiting, monster’s biding time

The monster’s waiting, monster’s biding time, 1949-50

tempera and oil on cardboard, 78 x 44 cm

Forgotten to shave, haven’t you?

Forgotten to shave, haven’t you?, 1950

preparatory sketch

Forgotten to shave, haven’t you?, 1950

tempera and oil on plywood, 37 x 30 cm

P.B.’s wife Věra with out-painted wings

P.B.’s wife Věra with out-painted wings, 1951

oil on cardboard, 68 x 47 cm

Railway station alley

Railway station alley, 1943-1954
tempera and oil on plywood, 47,5 x 42,5 cm

Five minutes before the end of the world, painting

Five minutes before the end of the world, 1945-66,

tempera and oil on plywood, 63 x 136 cm

Five minutes before the end of the world, drawing

Five minutes before the end of the world, 1946-53

ruling pen and crayon on paper, 63 x 136 cm

Idyll in the 50’s

Do-gooders (Bed is the right place of worship), 1953

tempera on cardboard, 53 x 53 cm

Strolling to Paradise, 1953

tempera na lepence, 38 x 45,5 cm

Sun-drenched harvest, 1954

tempera on cardboard, 21 x 30 cm

Last private landholders in Holasice, 1953

tempera on cardboard, 25 x 42 cm

Good morning, 1955-56

tempera on cardboard, 34 x 34 cm

Sun bathing with children, 1955

tempera on cardboard, 27 x 27,5 cm

P.B. portrayed as sun (by Ivan Sobotka), 1955

oil on cardboard, 32 x 24 cm

Walking cartoons, 1954

tempera on cardboard, 103 x 51 cm

Captivated by immediate reality

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

 

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

 

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

 

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

 

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

 

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketches, early 1950’s

watercolour drawing, various dimensions all in 42 x 30 cm base

Nature’s imperishable charms

Outdoor watercolour sketch, early 50’s

various dimensions all on 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketch, early 50’s

various dimensions all on 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketch, early 50’s

various dimensions all on 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketch, early 50’s

various dimensions all on 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketch, early 50’s

various dimensions all on 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketch, early 50’s

various dimensions all on 42 x 30 cm base

Outdoor watercolour sketch, early 50’s

various dimensions all on 42 x 30 cm base

Banal realism

Derelict Factory, 1956

oil on cardboard, 69 x 46 cm

P.B.’s wife Věra wearing spectacles, 1955

oil on cardboard, 29 x 29 cm

Guardsman angel, 1954-61

oil on cardboard and acrylic on plywood, 129 x 84 cm

Grand Prix, 1954

olej na plátně, 41 x 82 cm

Národní street in rain, 1956

oil on paper, 20 x 54 cm

Little girl behind broken window, 1956

oil on canvas, 69 x 60 cm

Čeněk Tlamicha, 1955

oil on cardboard, 69 x 53 cm

Campbell, 1956

oil on paper, 34 x 24 cm

Senescence, 1955

oil on cardboard, 62 x 35 cm

Astronauts

Silver astronaut, 1954

tempera and aluminium on cardboard, 45 x 18 cm

Great astronaut, 1954

tempera and oil on cardboard, 142 x 57,5 cm

White astronaut, 1954

tempera and bronze on cardboard, 58 x 26 cm

Magnanimity held captive by demon, 1954-61

tempera and acrylic on plywood, 127 x 23 cm

Radical style transformation

Grey figure with guardian angel, 1957

tempera on paper, 38,5 x 19,5 cm

City dweller, mid-1950’s

tempera on paper, 29 x 17 cm

Couple on embankment, 1956

ink and watercolour drawing on paper, 19,5 x 17,5 cm

Two people who pass each other every day, 1955

ink and watercolour drawing on paper, 14 x 16,5 cm

Figure on sidewalk, 1956

pero a akvarel na papíře, 19 x 8,5 cm

Factory town, 1957

ruling pen and pasted coloured papers, 15 x 21 cm

Nightwalking, 1957

ruling pen and pasted coloured papers, 19 x 12,5 cm

Threesome outside a pub, mid-1950s

ruling pen and pasted coloured papers, 15,5 x 15,5 cm

Factory with waste heaps, 1957

ruling pen and pasted coloured papers, 32 x 23 cm

Skyscraper head placement, 1957

pasted coloured papers, 30 x 11 cm

Human hand with space probe, 1957

pasted coloured papers, 21 x 15,5 cm

Racers

Motorbike racers in pasted papers, 1956
cut-out and pasted papers, 21 x 30 cm

Motorbike racer in watercolour, 1956
watercolour drawing, 30 x 21 cm

Cut-up Motorbike racers, 1956-1958
tempera on cardboard, 20 x 39 cm

Installation of the Motorbike racers exhibition (1956-58)

at Bítov Castle at 2000

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

From the Motorbike racers Series, 1956-58

tempera on cardboard, 20 x 26 cm

Racer no. 12, 1954-2005

oil on canvas, 120 x 85 cm

Racer no. 9, 2003-04

acrylic on canvas, 85 x 85 cm

Purple racer, 2003-04
oil on canvas, 84 x 84 cm

Three racers, 2003-04
oil on canvas, 120 x 56 cm

Racers no. 3 and 4, 1956-58
acrylic on canvas, 120 x 59 cm

Racer and spectators, 2003-04
acrylic on canvas, 85 x 120 cm

Motorbike racer and spectators in watercolour, 1958
watercolour drawing, 30 x 21 cm

War against people

Fright, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 85 x 60 cm

Soldiers’s remembrance, 1956-58

olej on canvas, 85 x 60 cm

Stronger ones turn victors, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 85 x 120 cm

Threemen and green woman, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 85 x 120 cm

Over a dead foe, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 85 x 60 cm

Hero prior the execution, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 85 x 60 cm

Over a dead friend, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 85 x 60 cm

Some have been to give orders, some to obey, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 60 x 85 cm

Nativity scenes in traditional style

Nativity scene in traditional style I, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 84 x 120 cm

Nativity scene in traditional style II, 1956-58

oil on canvas, 84 x 120 cm

Embroidered pictures

Author’s mother Eva Brázdová 1957

pencil drawing, 15 x 21 cm

Sketches for embroidered pictures, 1957-1958
colour China inks, 21 x 30 cm

Boy wearing spectacles, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 19,5 x 19,5 cm

Pink letter, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 20 x 12,5 cm

Sun sinking, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 21 x 15 cm

Chapel, 1957-1958
cotton on fabric, 27 x 12 cm

Motorbike racer and spectators, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 27 x 13 cm

Spectators, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 21 x 29 cm

Cars in a street, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 19 x 28 cm

Boy at a fence, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 13 x 12 cm

Twentieth century, 1957-1958
cotton on embroidery canvas, 18 x 12 cm

Clowns in the ring, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 14,5 x 14,5 cm

Clown’s head, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas 13 x 13 cm

Clown and spectators, 1957-1958
bavlna na kanavě, 9,5 x 9,5 cm

Gallery tenement houses with poster wall, 1957-1958
cotton on floor rag, 21 x 29 cm

Chapel, 1957-1958
cotton on canvas, 20 x 27 cm

Castle, 1957-1958
wool on embroidery canvas, 20 x 27 cm

Boats, 1957-1958
cotton on embroidery canvas, 24 x 36 cm

Sokrates, 1957-1958
wool on Jute, 41,5 x 28,5 cm

Sun rising, 1957-1958
cotton croched, 25 x 18 cm

Lune blowing sax, 1957-1958
cotton on fabric, 27 x 13 cm

Trickster, 1957-1958
cotton crochet, 25 x 18 cm

Relief and structural paintings

Technique trial for Tilted head, 1959

acrylic on plywood, 31 x 51 cm

Wrecked marriage, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 23 x 33 cm

Technique trial for Black head, 1959

acrylic on plywood, 31 x 43 cm

Earth and Sun in atom storm, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 33 x 21 cm

Child soldier, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 23 x 44 cm

Inside Plato’s cave, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 31 x 21 cm

Profile with eye blinded by sun, 1. pol. 60. let

acrylic on plywood, 52 x 33cm

Postern gate, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 52 x 33 cm

Profile with head exploding, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 63 x 35 cm

Black-eyed profile on wall, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 52 x 52 cm

Blue-eyed profile on wall, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 52 x 52 cm

Wife of a man who gobbled a hedgehog, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 52 x 33 cm

Man who gobbled a hedgehog, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 52 x 33 cm

Protrusions continue protruding, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 52 x 33 cm

Protrusions continue protruding, detail

Stalin works, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 31 x 42 cm

Stiff old dotard, 1st half of 1960’s

acrylic on plywood, 65 x 34 cm

Conky robot, 1st half of 1960’s

assemblage, 33 x 21 x 4 cm

Oneiric (dream) paintings

Marat’s end, 1967
tempera on canvas, 114 x 68 cm

Portrait of P.B.’s father, 1967
tempera and oil on plywood, 107 x 144 cm

left panel – Eva Brázdová

central panel – Osvald Brázda

right panel – Pavel Brázda

Tender-eyed tenderfoots tend attend tender loins, 1965-2005
oil on canvas, 85 x 120 cm

Playful couple in bathtub, 1967
tempera and bronze on paper, 17,5 x 20,5 cm

Sea goddess fresh from hairdresser’s, 1967
tempera and bronze on paper, 30 x 39 cm

Impassive dummy from profile, 1967

tempera and bronze on paper, 33 x 13 cm

Blondie and Mr Church, 1968
tempera and bronze on paper, 18 x 15 cm

Red female Martian, 1968

tempera and bronze on paper, 40 x 23 cm

Don’t you come meowing at me, catty kitten, 1968

tempera and bronze on paper, 33 x 18 cm

Snapped stemmed glass with little pink tempest, 1968
tempera and bronze on paper, 9 x 12 cm

Villain in his native field, 1969-2005
oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm

Oneiric paintings from the 70’s

Egodeus, 1969

tempera on paper, 59 x 77 cm

Under the staircase to Destiny, 1969

tempera on paper, 50 x 28 cm

Egg with parents, 2nd half of 1970’s

tempera on paper, 50 x 42 cm

Difficult passage, 1969

tempera on paper, 46 x 30 cm

Raging moon, 1st half of 1970s

tempera on paper, 81 x 42 cm

Oh, what a beautiful dream, 2nd half of 1970s

tempera on paper, 88 x 55 cm

Trial

Trial, 2nd half of 1970s

tempera on plywood, 81 x 126 cm

 

Relief faces from the 70’s

Frances the Hearty, 1970s
coloured plaster, 30 x 21 cm

Astronaut in relief, 1970s
coloured plaster, 31 x 19 cm

Head in relief, 1970s
coloured plaster, different dimensions

Head in relief, 1970s
coloured plaster, different dimensions

Head in relief, 1970s
coloured plaster, different dimensions

Head in relief, 1970s
coloured plaster, different dimensions

Frank the Frank, 1970s
coloured plaster, 40 x 27 x 9 cm

Matějův bratr nazývaný Golem v nadživotní velikosti, 70. léta

kolorovaná sádra, 42 x 24 x 13 cm

Frank the Frank’s brother, aka Golem, 1970s
coloured plaster, 42 x 24 x 13 cm

Název, rok

technika, rozměry

Název, rok

technika, rozměry

Název, rok

technika, rozměry

Rubbed demons

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerofraphy of frottage on paper

 

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

 

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Rubbed demons, 19752001

xerography of frottage on paper

Sketches and miniatures from the boiler room

Well dressed brain

Conjurer with female assistant

Octopus woman

Eye man

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Spying beauty

Three charmers

Couple in bathtub

Man in black with companion

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Universal love

Cyclops

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Good morning

Greater hope

Shoes in which history treads

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Soaring heart

Distressed

Michelin’s infinity run

Fancier of femmes and his jacket

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Zebra man and his companion

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Over a dead girl

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Devil’s jig

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Gea

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Fountain

Royal fountain

Coming of mermaid

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

In a hotel room

Egg head carried by woman’s leg

Young thing emerging from the sea

Astronaut and the milky way

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Last pleasure

Sun balance

Heshe

Sun bedecked

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Beau

Fancier of femmes

Part of his self

Chef with child

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Balance

I am Thou and Thou art I

Heavenly marriage

Three conjurors boxed

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Water sculpture

Coming to backdrop of New York

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

I am a woman now

Threesome over N.Y.

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Little girl

Girl hugging wayside shrine

Sun poring over beer

Sun with chef’s hat

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Pensive

Dials

Hand clasping handbag

Envisioned embrace

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Two heart soaring high above the city

Sue with her piggy

Sun poring over girl’s body

Three small tricksters

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Fair head

Two acrobats

Sun with tuba

Opening the closet

watercolour on paper, 1977–87

Sketches, colourful city I

watercolour on paper, 80. léta

Sketches, colourful city II

watercolour on paper, 80. léta

Paintings from New York

Approaching Times Square, 1988

acrylic on canvas, 123 x 154 cm

View of 42nd Street, 1988

acrylic on canvas, 123 x 82 cm

Painting from the late 80’s

Schoolmistress, 1986-1989
acrylic on paper, 60 x 42 cm

Seaside encounter, 1986-1989
acrylic on paper, 72 x 43 cm

Big body and little spirit, 1986-1989
acrylic on paper, 59 x 41,5 cm

Hideaway, 1986-1989
acrylic on fibreboard, 85 x 62 cm

Banshee duo, 1986-1989
acrylic on paper, 66,5 x 38,5 cm

Colourful Heads

From the instalation of the Colouful Heads exhibition in Galery Litera

1998

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

From the Colouful Heads Series, 199495

acrylic on canvas, 60 x 3245 cm

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