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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Trees

František Drtikol

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Landscape

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Rocky Valley, 1942

František Drtikol

Rocky Valley, 1942

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Landscape, 1946

František Drtikol

Landscape, 1946

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Landscape, 1947

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Landscape, 1947

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Rock Formations, 1946

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Rock Formations, 1946

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Landscape with Rock Formations, 1941

František Drtikol

Landscape with Rock Formations, 1941

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Landscape, 1944

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Landscape, 1944

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Mother Earth, 1931

František Drtikol

Mother Earth, 1931

Sale Date: February 18, 2016

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3 Female nude studies, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

3 Female nude studies, 1920–1929

Sale Date: February 18, 2016

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Untitled (variation of 'A Worker I' and 'A..., 1925

František Drtikol

Untitled (variation of 'A Worker I' and 'A..., 1925

Sale Date: February 18, 2016

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Nude, 1927

František Drtikol

Sale Date: February 17, 2016

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Untitled, 1928

František Drtikol

Untitled, 1928

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Divadelní motiv, 1920

František Drtikol

Divadelní motiv, 1920

Sale Date: December 13, 2015

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T. G. M, 1927

František Drtikol

T. G. M, 1927

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Composition et étude de nu, 1930

František Drtikol

Composition et étude de nu, 1930

Sale Date: December 4, 2015

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MLCOCH, JAN. Drtikol, 1923–1929

František Drtikol

MLCOCH, JAN. Drtikol, 1923–1929

Sale Date: November 23, 2015

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Untitled (3 works), 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Untitled (3 works), 1920–1929

Sale Date: November 27, 2015

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La femme, 1925

František Drtikol

La femme, 1925

Sale Date: November 15, 2015

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The Dancer, (a study of A. Wood Smith), 1933, 1933

František Drtikol

The Dancer, (a study of A. Wood Smith), 1933, 1933

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

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František Drtikol, 10 Modernist Nudes, 1923

František Drtikol

František Drtikol, 10 Modernist Nudes, 1923

Sale Date: November 25, 2015

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Blue Nude, 1920–1929

František Drtikol

Blue Nude, 1920–1929

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Female Nudes: Dancing Figures with..., 1930

František Drtikol

Female Nudes: Dancing Figures with..., 1930

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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Femme crucifiée, 1913

František Drtikol

Femme crucifiée, 1913

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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