A three-month sojourn in China in 1955 left an indelible impression on Czech painter Zdenek Sklenar. He was among the first official delegation of Czech artists to visit Beijing. Sklenar took an instant liking to Chinese culture and history, and continued to create works featuring the country. An ensemble showing of Sklenar's works opened at the National Art Museum of China on Saturday.
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The opening ceremony was a lively prelude to the show. A Czech quartet performed on stage to mark Sklenar's art revisiting the country where he was so deeply inspired fifty four years ago.
As the head of a group of graphic artists touring with exhibition on Czechoslovakian culture in the 1950s, Sklenar was struck by China's beauty and the friendship he formed with the country's leading artists. He returned to his home country with enormous inspiration that he drew on until the end of his life in 1986.
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A compilation of nearly 300 original works from his "Chinese period" works are on show, including 25 paintings that received the Gold Medal at the International Art Biennale in Florence in 1971, illustrations for the Chinese classic "A Journey to the West", prints and his China diary.
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