František Drtikol

(Czech, 1883–1961)

b>František Drtikol was a pioneering Czech avant-garde artist. Best known for his black-and-white photos of nudes within abstract sets, Drtikol incorporated elements of Art Nouveau and Act Deco into work. “I let the beauty of the line itself make an impact, without embellishment, by suppressing everything that is secondary,” the artist once reflected. Born March 3, 1883 in Príbram, Austro-Hungarian Empire, he moved to Munich to study painting and photography, then to Prague in 1907, where he opened his own studio. His work often juxtaposed the curvature of the female form with geometric abstractions, eliciting simple yet evocative compositions. He died on January 13, 1961 in Prague, Czechoslovakia at the age of 77, having had a significant influence on a generation younger photographers, including Jaroslav Rössler and Josef Vetrovsky. Today, Drtikol’s works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, among others.

František Drtikol Artworks

František Drtikol (1,344 results)

Nu féminin, c. 1925., 1925

František Drtikol

Nu féminin, c. 1925., 1925

Sale Date: November 7, 2019

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KRAJINA, 1940

František Drtikol

KRAJINA, 1940

Sale Date: November 2, 2019

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Sukovo kvarteto, 1925

František Drtikol

Sukovo kvarteto, 1925

Sale Date: October 27, 2019

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Nude Study, 1927

František Drtikol

Nude Study, 1927

Sale Date: October 25, 2019

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Nu, 1927

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 20, 2019

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Dance, 1929

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 16, 2019

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Studie * Salome, 1928

František Drtikol

Studie * Salome, 1928

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Composition with nude male and female figures, 1926

František Drtikol

Composition with nude male and female figures, 1926

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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A modernist study of nude figure, 1925

František Drtikol

A modernist study of nude figure, 1925

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Nude Abstraction, 1925

František Drtikol

Nude Abstraction, 1925

Sale Date: October 2, 2019

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Nude with circle, circa 1928, 1928

František Drtikol

Nude with circle, circa 1928, 1928

Sale Date: November 17, 2018

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Nude photo-montage, 1930

František Drtikol

Nude photo-montage, 1930

Sale Date: September 11, 2019

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Les nus de Drtikol, 1929

František Drtikol

Les nus de Drtikol, 1929

Sale Date: September 20, 2019

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Untitled ( Portrait of a Dancer), 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Untitled ( Portrait of a Dancer), 1920–1929

Sale Date: May 26, 2019

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A set of four photos of decorative motifs..., 1930

František Drtikol

A set of four photos of decorative motifs..., 1930

Sale Date: May 26, 2019

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Dancer or actress, 1912

František Drtikol

Dancer or actress, 1912

Sale Date: July 17, 2019

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Portrait of dancer Olga Gzovska, 1912

František Drtikol

Portrait of dancer Olga Gzovska, 1912

Sale Date: July 17, 2019

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Two portraits of Eduard Vojan, 1910

František Drtikol

Two portraits of Eduard Vojan, 1910

Sale Date: July 17, 2019

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Portrait of Václav Talich, 1925

František Drtikol

Portrait of Václav Talich, 1925

Sale Date: July 17, 2019

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Sans titre («Vanité, étude de nu»), 1920–1930

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Sans titre («Vanité, étude de nu»), 1920–1930

Sale Date: June 24, 2019

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Le cri, 1927

František Drtikol

Sale Date: June 24, 2019

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Nu, 1927

František Drtikol

Sale Date: June 24, 2019

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Nu, 1926–1929

František Drtikol

Nu, 1926–1929

Sale Date: June 24, 2019

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Sans titre («portrait de jeune femme Art..., 1925

František Drtikol

Sans titre («portrait de jeune femme Art..., 1925

Sale Date: June 24, 2019

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