Anderle's creation 1970-1979

After the invasion of the Soviet forces, the world to the west of us lived in the euphoria of prosperity and freedom, but in our country time stood still. lt was as if that Iron Curtain had managed to trap beneath itself and immobilise the untameable element of passing time itself'.

In my studio, a few steps away from Prague Castle, the seat of power, cycles of prints gradually emerged, but at the end of the Seventies 1 produced more and more paintings. In 1981 I created the Illusion and Reality cycle. The subject consisted of stories inspired by photographs of soldiers taken shortly before their departure to the battles of the First World War. It was a cycle full of grief, because war has brought humanity so much suffering. But I had an ever greater longing for at least some small flash of' exultation in life. I found it in the intoxicating realism of the old masters. Since time was standing still there was nowhere to hurry to, and so I was able to draw variations on their motifs humbly and at leisure. In the theme Vanitas, sequenced profiles in the transformations of time once again made an appearance.

Since the burden of the time was increasing, and I could only get rid of heavy thoughts by painting and drawing them, I produced another warning cycle inspired by Horace's words ``Beware of searching for what will be tomorrow!" After the prints and pictures on the theme of "Bestia triumphans" I painted and drew yet another oppressive cycle, "Commedia dell' arte". I only succeeded in liberating myself from these themes after the revolution in 1989.

Elite on a platform 1st of May 1970, Red Square. Moscow 1970 oil/canvas 76 x 94,5 cm		After the invasion of the Soviet forces, the world to the west of us lived in the euphoria of prosperity and freedom, but in our country time stood still. lt was as if that Iron Curtain had managed to trap beneath itself and immobilise the untameable element of passing time itself'. In my studio, a few steps away from Prague Castle, the seat of power, cycles of prints gradually emerged, but at the end of the Seventies 1 produced more and more paintings. In 1981 I created the Illusion and Reality cycle. The subject consisted of stories inspired by photographs of soldiers taken shortly before their departure to the battles of the First World War. It was a cycle full of grief, because war has brought humanity so much suffering. But I had an ever greater longing for at least some small flash of' exultation in life. I found it in the intoxicating realism of the old masters. Since time was standing still there was nowhere to hurry to, and so I was able to draw variations on their motifs humbly and at leisure. In the theme Vanitas, sequenced profiles in the transformations of time once again made an appearance. Since the burden of the time was increasing, and I could only get rid of heavy thoughts by painting and drawing them, I produced another warning cycle inspired by Horace's words ``Beware of searching for what will be tomorrow!" After the prints and pictures on the theme of "Bestia triumphans" I painted and drew yet another oppressive cycle, "Commedia dell' arte". I only succeeded in liberating myself from these themes after the revolution in 1989.
Play for 122 person 1974 dry point, mezzotint 63 x 49,5 cm
Monsieur Riviere entre nous 1975 dry point, mezzotint 50 x 62 cm
Mademoiselle Riviere entre nous 1975 dry point, mezzotint 49,5 x 63 cm
Il soriso (after Baldovinetti) 1978 dry point, mezzotint 92 x 63 cm
Lucrezia Panciati (after Bronzio) 1975 pencil/astralon 46 x 31 cm
Belle epoque? 1980 dry point, mezzotint 96 x 64 cm
The last spring of my grandmother 1979 dry point, mezzotint 99 x 75 cm
Milada A. 1980 pencil, acrylic plaster/canvas 70 x 100 cm

1970 - 1979