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"Eccentrically, illogically, with despair and bliss". Collection of Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic.
Novák, Vít ; Rakušanová, Marie (advisor) ; Klimešová, Marie (referee)
(EN) While the literary work of the poet and author Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871-1951) is usually analysed in the context of his sexual otherness, this essential personal feature is usually neglected in major scholarly texts on his art collection. The only exception being a few papers devoted to a group of works by the Polish painter and Karásek's close friend Wlastimil Hofman (1881-1970), which depict naked young men, namely the paintings of St. Sebastian (1914), Endymion (1921) and Ganymede (1925). This thesis draws on this discourse and challenges the conclusions reached so far. In the argument presented, the main means of looking at the artworks mentioned and some of Karásek's motivations for collecting is his relationship with the Sokol, an important Czech gymnastic organization, under whose wing the collection became institutionalized as the Karásek's Gallery in the 1920s. KEYWORDS Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, queer theory, collecting, queer collection, Karásek's Gallery, homosexuality, Sokol, Wlastimil Hofman
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