The extensive work of Kamil Lhoták (1912-1990), who was active
as a painter, graphic artist, illustrator, author of fi lms and
books, is popular with the general public mainly for its subjects
and the atmosphere. Flying in the face of the zeitgeist,
disregarding the complexities and intellectualism of modernism, the
artist dared to rediscover simplicity and describe the world around
him. Although not precisely "the world that we live in", it was a
world both mundane and universally nostalgic, and as such it struck
a chord in its viewers. The exhibition presents the work of a
classic of Czech painting and an important member of the Group 42
association in a context
that served as his muse. It will equally concentrate on the works
of art and the historical vehicles and other exhibits from the
Technical Museum in Brno as well as examples of related period
books and illustrations. The principal theme of the exhibition, the
strand that it aims to emhasize, is the world of Lhoták's
imagery.