Alois Wachsman was an outstanding figure on the Czech art scene in the first half of the 20th century. He studied architecture at the Czech Technical University (1917−1922), continuing his architectural studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Josef Gočár (1925−1928). In addition to painting and architecture who also engaged in stage design. The twenties were very productive years for Wachsman. Apart from his own independent creative activity he worked in the studio of Josef Gočár as a designer. He was also active in the Devětsil group, which he helped to set up. Initially his work was influenced by the wave of French Cubism and later by Surrealism; in the early 1930s a distinct influence of Pablo Picasso was evident in his work. The painting Wrestlers of 1932 is an excellent example of the crowning period of Wachsman’s oeuvre. That same year he exhibited at the commemorative and in many ways unique exhibition. Poezie 32, at which were shown works of Czech and foreign artists, including Paul Klee or Max Ernst. In this work Wachsman depicts a wrestling match between geometrised figures.