. ▁Having ▁finished ▁▁▁ ▁his ▁studies ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁native ▁region , ▁where ▁he ▁founded ▁his ▁family ▁and ▁built ▁a ▁studio . ▁In ▁the ▁hard ▁days ▁of ▁total itar ian ▁regime ▁he ▁pers isted ▁in ▁his ▁search ▁for ▁modern ▁art istic ▁expression ▁and ▁was ▁trying ▁ ▁to ▁keep ▁his ▁art istic ▁freedom ▁and ▁remain ▁independent ▁from ▁ ▁the ▁doctrine ▁of ▁the ▁so - called ▁social istic ▁real ism . ▁ ▁T ogether ▁with ▁his ▁friends , ▁Mor av ian ▁pain ters ▁Kub í č ek , ▁M atal ▁and ▁V ac ul ka , ▁he ▁searched ▁for ▁the ▁possibilities ▁of ▁concentr ated ▁expression ▁accompanied ▁by ▁stal ized ▁subjects ▁and ▁their ▁transformation ▁based ▁on ▁f au v ist , ▁cub ist , ▁fut ur istic , ▁and ▁particularly ▁Or ph ist ▁in cent ives . ▁ ▁He ▁took ▁his ▁insp iration ▁from ▁the ▁class ics ▁of ▁modern ▁painting , ▁mainly ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Fr anti š ek ▁K up ka . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁he ▁produced ▁non – fig ur ative ▁paint ings , ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ▁ ▁with ▁quite ▁a ▁variable ▁art istic ▁form , ▁which ▁later ▁became ▁stabil ized ▁in ▁two ▁main ▁lines , ▁ant ip od al ▁in ▁a ▁certain ▁way ▁and ▁built ▁ ▁on ▁common ▁a est h etic ▁principle . ▁It ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁expression ▁of ▁the ▁dynam ism ▁of ▁life , ▁sens ual istic ▁relation ▁to ▁reality ▁and ▁a ▁harm os ation ▁principle ▁domin ating ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁painting . ▁