Renaud Reynek Endowment Fund
DRR Endowment
DRR Exhibitions
Bohuslav Reynek. Estampes des années cinquante [Bohuslav Reynek. Prints from the 1950s]. Saint-Martin-d’Uriage (Isère), Le Belvédère, 1.02-10.03.2013.
The exhibition Bohuslav Reynek. Estampes des années cinquante [Bohuslav Reynek. Prints from the 1950s] provides a glimpse into the mysteries of a decade of creation, sheds light on the Czech artist’s deep ties with France and tells the story of the prints’ youth. They were born in Petrkov, collected in the privacy of houses in the Dauphiné and shown to the public at exhibitions in Grenoble, which this event recreates. For many years, landscapes, religious scenes and rare albums illustrated what could not be said by the artist in words in letters sent to France from dark Czechoslovakia. The works in the exhibition are from French private collections.
Louanges d’hiver avec Bohuslav Reynek [In Praise of Winter with Bohuslav Reynek]. Chapelle du Clos des Capucins, Meylan (Isère), 1.12-15.12 2013.
The exhibition Louanges d’hiver avec Bohuslav Reynek [In Praise of Winter with Bohuslav Reynek] featured a handful of prints in the ogival niches of the Clos des Capucins Chapel in Meylan, which has a view stretching to snow-covered Belledonne Mountain overlooking Grenoble. It is a celebration of the season, which reminded Reynek of Advent, one of his favourite times of year, when the hushed countryside inspired his snowy landscapes, his bestiary and his Old Testament or Nativity scenes.
Nos rêves s’en iront par les chemins, Bohuslav Reynek, Suzanne Renaud, gravures & poèmes [Our Dreams Will Leave by Roads, Bohuslav Reynek, Suzanne Renaud, prints & poems]. Grenoble, Bibliothèque d’étude et du patrimoine, 2.04-2.12.2015.
The works in the exhibition are from the collections of the Bibliothèque de Grenoble and the Renaud-Reynek Endowment Fund, and French private collections.
Bohuslav Reynek. Don Quichotte à Petrkov [Bohuslav Reynek. Don Quixote in Petrkov]. Paris, Czech Centre, 24.02-31.03.2017.
The exhibition Bohuslav Reynek. Don Quichotte à Petrkov [Bohuslav Reynek. Don Quixote in Petrkov] shows, next to the album Don Quixote —the only copy, put together and presented in Grenoble in 1960—landscapes, scenes from everyday life and Biblical figures, like so many engraved scenes steeped in great humanity, themselves part of the artist’s familiar world and gathered up by him. The works are from the Renaud-Reynek Endowment Fund.
Reynek. Les chemins d’un poète dans le siècle tchécoslovaque [Reynek. The Paths of a Poet in 20th-Century Czechoslovakia]. Meylan (Isère), Clos des Capucins, 28.09-3.10.2018.
The exhibition Reynek. Les chemins d’un poète dans le siècle tchécoslovaque [Reynek. The Paths of a Poet in 20th-Century Czechoslovakia] provides a glimpse into the multifaceted, lyrical work born in the soul of this great poet and artist: dark, brief poems, translations of French and German literature and a prolific output of engravings now constantly celebrated in his home country. The rare works and collections in the exhibition come from the Renaud Reynek Endowment Fund.
