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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Photographs (portfolio of 9), 1900–1935

František Drtikol

Photographs (portfolio of 9), 1900–1935

Sale Date: June 4, 2014

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Composition, 1924

František Drtikol

Composition, 1924

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Untitled (Two women), 1923

František Drtikol

Untitled (Two women), 1923

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Z Dvorcu a voranesku stare Prahy (9.) (from..., 1911

Frantisek Drtikol and Augustin Skarda

Z Dvorcu a voranesku stare Prahy (9.) (from..., 1911

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Z dvorcu a dvoranesku stare Prahy (43.)..., 1911

Frantisek Drtikol and Augustin Skarda

Z dvorcu a dvoranesku stare Prahy (43.)..., 1911

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Nude with drape, 1913

František Drtikol

Nude with drape, 1913

Sale Date: May 8, 2014

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10 modernist nudes (portfolio of 10)

František Drtikol

10 modernist nudes (portfolio of 10)

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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A. Praskova, 1914

František Drtikol

A. Praskova, 1914

Sale Date: April 17, 2014

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Étude de nu (study), 1925

František Drtikol

Étude de nu (study), 1925

Sale Date: April 17, 2014

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Étude de nu (study), 1925

František Drtikol

Étude de nu (study), 1925

Sale Date: April 17, 2014

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Étude de nu (study)

František Drtikol

Étude de nu (study)

Sale Date: April 17, 2014

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Nude, 1929

František Drtikol

Sale Date: April 2, 2014

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Mother Earth, 1930

František Drtikol

Mother Earth, 1930

Sale Date: April 2, 2014

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Žena, 1936

František Drtikol

Sale Date: March 23, 2014

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Golgotha

František Drtikol

Sale Date: March 26, 2014

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Karel Hoffmann, Josef Suk, Ladislav Zelenka, , 1930

František Drtikol

Karel Hoffmann, Josef Suk, Ladislav Zelenka, , 1930

Sale Date: February 28, 2014

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Rochers au bord de mer, 1943

František Drtikol

Rochers au bord de mer, 1943

Sale Date: February 12, 2014

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Blumenstrauß, 1939

František Drtikol

Blumenstrauß, 1939

Sale Date: March 8, 2014

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Bez názvu, 1925

František Drtikol

Bez názvu, 1925

Sale Date: February 16, 2014

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Mother earth, 1920–1925

František Drtikol

Mother earth, 1920–1925

Sale Date: February 27, 2014

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Golgotha, 1920–1925

František Drtikol

Golgotha, 1920–1925

Sale Date: February 27, 2014

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Portrait of woman, 1919

František Drtikol

Portrait of woman, 1919

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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Sitting woman, 1919

František Drtikol

Sitting woman, 1919

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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Portrait of woman, 1919

František Drtikol

Portrait of woman, 1919

Sale Date: December 1, 2013

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