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FILLA Emil (4. 4. 1882 Chropyne - 7. 10. 1953 Prague) Still-life with a pear Oil on canvas, 39 x 46,5 cm, framed, glazed, dated 1928, signed lower right, at the back there is a stamp from the exhibition of members of S.V.U. Manes from 17. 10. - 18. 11. 1928, Obecni dum in Prague, catalogue no 143, lot no 50 - the painting was purchased at this exhibition, sold for the first time. The painting is an example of Filla's mature style from the 1920s. During that time he was influenced by the issues of synthetic Cubism, which he transformed into specific painterly and form qualities. Sometimes it is mentioned that Filla's work is stamped with the influence of Picasso. However, this is not quite true since unlike the founder of Cubism, Filla was known for his long-term and profound interest in issues of form. Filla's still-lifes reflect his analysis of the composition of form connected with the material quality of painting. The painter almost arrived at the border of ""formlessness""thus foreshadowing the development of art in the second half of the 20th century, namely the Informel. Czech painter, pupil of V. Bukovac at the Academy of Arts in Prague. His chief source of inspiration was the work of old masters and above all the paintings by Munch and Picasso, which he sometimes almost dogmatically followed. Together with the Osma group of artists and later with artists joined in the Skupina vytvarnych umelcu he contributed to the creation of the platform for modern Czech art. Filla's Cubist period underwent several developmental stages ranging from the sober Dutch period to his concern with signs and symbols in the 1940s. In the 1930s he was interested in monumental form and turned to themes and motifs from mythology and folk songs, in the 50s he concentrated on realistic landscapes, mainly of Central Bohemia. See T 1/220,2/761, TD 53, V 2/104,5/478, B 4/365, Ch 2/247, NECVU 1/176, C. Berka, Soupis gr. tvorby E. Filly, 1964.