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.

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František Drtikol (1,344 results)

Untitled (Nude with shadow), 1926

František Drtikol

Untitled (Nude with shadow), 1926

Sale Date: March 9, 2018

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Untitled (Backlit nude), 1926

František Drtikol

Untitled (Backlit nude), 1926

Sale Date: March 9, 2018

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Untitled, 1925–1928

František Drtikol

Untitled, 1925–1928

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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Svět duše – Vize, 1935

František Drtikol

Svět duše – Vize, 1935

Sale Date: December 10, 2017

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Kompozice, 1927

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Kompozice, 1927

Sale Date: June 11, 2017

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Gesto v oválném světle, 1927

František Drtikol

Gesto v oválném světle, 1927

Sale Date: June 11, 2017

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Turbanned Woman with Pearls, 1930

František Drtikol

Turbanned Woman with Pearls, 1930

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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Portrait of the artist and writer Josef , 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Portrait of the artist and writer Josef , 1920–1929

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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Nude study, 1920

František Drtikol

Nude study, 1920

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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Standing female nude with long braids, 1920–1925

František Drtikol

Standing female nude with long braids, 1920–1925

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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Studio still life with vase, 1927

František Drtikol

Studio still life with vase, 1927

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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Blue Nude, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Blue Nude, 1920–1929

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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DANCER, 1946

František Drtikol

Sale Date: November 30, 2017

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STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS – IN MOVEMENT

František Drtikol

STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS – IN MOVEMENT

Sale Date: November 30, 2017

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Untitled, 1938

František Drtikol

Untitled, 1938

Sale Date: November 25, 2017

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Ohne TItel (Akt), 1925–1930

František Drtikol

Ohne TItel (Akt), 1925–1930

Sale Date: November 30, 2017

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Salomé, 1925

František Drtikol

Salomé, 1925

Sale Date: November 29, 2017

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Ervina Kupferova en costume morave, 1923

František Drtikol

Ervina Kupferova en costume morave, 1923

Sale Date: November 12, 2017

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L'école de danse, 1930

František Drtikol

L'école de danse, 1930

Sale Date: October 6, 2017

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Nu aux bras écartés, 1926

František Drtikol

Nu aux bras écartés, 1926

Sale Date: October 6, 2017

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Two nudes, 1930

František Drtikol

Two nudes, 1930

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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Nude, 1924

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 2, 2017

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TWO NUDES, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

TWO NUDES, 1920–1929

Sale Date: October 7, 2017

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BROMOGRAFIA 52, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

BROMOGRAFIA 52, 1920–1929

Sale Date: October 7, 2017

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