About the Artist
Painter and sculptor, b. 1961
Vladimír Hanuš was born on 19 May 1961 in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, where he attended grammar school (1976–1980). After failing his school-leaving examination — he had wanted to be a pilot — he went on to a two-year hotel school. He then began compulsory military service in Plzeň (1982–84). After his discharge he worked in Prague as a construction labourer while seeking admission to the Academy of Fine Arts. He was accepted in 1988 and studied under two leading Czech artists, Karel Malich (whose studio awarded him the Academy Prize) and František Hodonský (1988–1994). In 1996 he received a fellowship from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. in New York.
He exhibits regularly in the Czech Republic and abroad. His work is held in the collections of state galleries (VČG Pardubice, OG Rychnov nad Kněžnou, GMU Hradec Králové, GAVU Cheb, GKK Klatovy–Klenová, Horácká galerie Nové Město na Moravě, GVUN Náchod) and of significant private collectors (Czech Republic, England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, USA).
At a glance
- Born
- 19 May 1961Rychnov nad Kněžnou
- Studies
- Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, 1988–1994studio of Karel Malichstudio of František Hodonský
- Awards
- Academy Prize, Academy of Fine ArtsThe Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, 1996
- In public collections
- VČG PardubiceOG Rychnov nad KněžnouGMU Hradec KrálovéGAVU ChebGKK Klatovy–KlenováHorácká galerie Nové Město na MoravěGVUN Náchod
- Exhibitions
- 37 solo45 groupFull list →
“He captures the Czech landscape differently from other Czech painters.”
“He decided to become a painter at the age of twenty-four, and with thirty years of experience his work invites comparison with that of figures such as František Kupka or Josef Šíma.”
“Hanuš's painting suppresses drawing; colour assails our senses, builds space, performs the function of light. At first glance the viewer is struck by the colouristic effect of the paintings and by the interplay of patches and accumulated layers of subtly graded tones, through which the colours step forward from the canvas, radiate and pulse. The shapes are not precisely defined in geometric terms and their surfaces have irregular, often almost transparent edges. Delicately worked layers of colour overlap and interpenetrate. For the most part these are remarkable renderings of landscape, very different from the Czech landscape tradition, and yet emerging from it and carrying it further.”
Years
- 1976Aeroklub Žamberk
- 1977Aeroklub Žamberk
- 1982—84Compulsory military service
- 1991Academy of Fine Arts, Karel Malich's studio
- 1997with the Kodak colour chart
- 2020with the Kodak colour chart