Tomas Rajlich Knihy

Tomas Rajlich is a prominent figure in European painting, known for his monochromatic canvases that stem from extensive research on painting's fundamental elements. In this collection of 100 small-scale works, he investigates the interplay of the impersonal, gestural, and the creative force of light, presenting variations in intensity, luminosity, and paint texture while remaining firmly rooted in factual painting. Emerging in the early 1970s, he is often linked to Minimalism and Fundamental Painting, a term introduced by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1975, alongside artists like Robert Ryman, Robert Mangold, Agnes Martin, and early Brice Marden and Gerhard Richter. Rajlich, known for his uncompromising integrity, stands as one of the most significant living postwar and contemporary painters of his generation. His works have been featured in major retrospectives and are part of esteemed museum collections worldwide, including the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.