ANTONIN BARTL NUDE STUDY

FEMALE NUDE STUDY BY ANTONIN BARTL (CZECH 1912-1998) IN THE STYLE OF ANTONIN COURBET'S 'ORIGIN OF THE WORLD'.  OIL ON BOARD IN A PINE FRAME.

BARTL WAS BORN IN FRANCISBAD, AUSTRIA AND STUDIED AT PRAGUE ACADEMY IN THE 1930'S UNDER OSCAR KOKOSCHKA.  BECAUSE OF COMMUNIST LEANINGS, IN 1940 BARTL WAS SENT BY THE NAZIS TO A LABOUR CAMP, FROM WHICH IN LATE WW11 HE ESCAPED, JOINING THE RUSSIANS IN VIENNA.  IN 1945 HE MOVED TO  ENGLAND AND ATTENDED HEATHERLEY'S SCHOOL OF FINE ART UNDER IAIN MACNAB.