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 (COMPOSITION WITH A SITTING NUDE), 1926

František Drtikol

UNTITLED (COMPOSITION WITH A SITTING NUDE), 1926

Sale Date: October 7, 2017

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FROM YARDS AND BACKYARDS OF THE OLD PRAGUE, 1911

František Drtikol

FROM YARDS AND BACKYARDS OF THE OLD PRAGUE, 1911

Sale Date: October 7, 2017

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Blue Nude, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Blue Nude, 1920–1929

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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Nude with Circles, 1928

František Drtikol

Nude with Circles, 1928

Sale Date: October 3, 2017

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Nude, 1927

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 10, 2017

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Prisms, 1926

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 10, 2017

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Les Nus De Drtikol A portfolio of 30 prints

František Drtikol

Les Nus De Drtikol A portfolio of 30 prints

Sale Date: July 27, 2017

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Tahiti, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Tahiti, 1920–1929

Sale Date: June 14, 2017

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Seated nude, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Seated nude, 1920–1929

Sale Date: June 14, 2017

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DVĚ ŽENY, 1944

František Drtikol

DVĚ ŽENY, 1944

Sale Date: May 21, 2017

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KOUPÁNÍ, 1942

František Drtikol

KOUPÁNÍ, 1942

Sale Date: May 21, 2017

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The dancer Agrippina Vaganova, 1919

František Drtikol

The dancer Agrippina Vaganova, 1919

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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Salome with skull, 1923

František Drtikol

Salome with skull, 1923

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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Draped nude, 1925

František Drtikol

Draped nude, 1925

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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UNTITLED (NUDE RECLINING), 1922–1928

František Drtikol

UNTITLED (NUDE RECLINING), 1922–1928

Sale Date: May 19, 2017

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UNTITLED, 1927

František Drtikol

UNTITLED, 1927

Sale Date: April 5, 2017

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Untitled (Nude with shadow), 1926

František Drtikol

Untitled (Nude with shadow), 1926

Sale Date: April 6, 2017

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Untitled (Backlit nude), 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Untitled (Backlit nude), 1920–1929

Sale Date: April 6, 2017

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L'Etude, 1925

František Drtikol

L'Etude, 1925

Sale Date: April 6, 2017

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Ervína a chlapec, 1920

František Drtikol

Ervína a chlapec, 1920

Sale Date: March 19, 2017

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Matka Země, 1935

František Drtikol

Matka Země, 1935

Sale Date: November 27, 2016

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Dívčí snění, 1928

František Drtikol

Dívčí snění, 1928

Sale Date: September 25, 2016

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Stínohra, 1925

František Drtikol

Stínohra, 1925

Sale Date: September 25, 2016

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Vítězství, 1919–1920

František Drtikol

Vítězství, 1919–1920

Sale Date: September 25, 2016

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