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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Slovanský motiv, 1923

František Drtikol

Slovanský motiv, 1923

Sale Date: December 2, 2012

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Krajina, 1942

František Drtikol

Krajina, 1942

Sale Date: December 2, 2012

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Female nude with arc, 1927

František Drtikol

Female nude with arc, 1927

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Sitting female nude with raised arms, 1920–1925

František Drtikol

Sitting female nude with raised arms, 1920–1925

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Composition et étude de Nu, 1925

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Composition et étude de Nu, 1925

Sale Date: November 18, 2012

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Composition et étude de Nu, 1932

František Drtikol

Composition et étude de Nu, 1932

Sale Date: November 18, 2012

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Sans titre, 1925

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Sans titre, 1925

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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Composition, 1920

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Composition, 1920

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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Femmes nues au vase, 1930

František Drtikol

Femmes nues au vase, 1930

Sale Date: October 26, 2012

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Naakt

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 16, 2012

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Twee naakten

František Drtikol

Sale Date: October 16, 2012

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Naakt en cirkel

František Drtikol

Naakt en cirkel

Sale Date: October 16, 2012

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Naakt met hoepel

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Naakt met hoepel

Sale Date: October 16, 2012

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Composition no. 19

František Drtikol

Composition no. 19

Sale Date: September 25, 2012

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Zena ve Svetle -- Woman in Light (book w/46..., 1930

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Zena ve Svetle -- Woman in Light (book w/46..., 1930

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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Zena ve Svetle -- Woman in Light (book w/46..., 1930

František Drtikol

Zena ve Svetle -- Woman in Light (book w/46..., 1930

Sale Date: April 10, 2008

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Female nude, 1928

František Drtikol

Female nude, 1928

Sale Date: July 22, 2012

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Composition, 1944

František Drtikol

Composition, 1944

Sale Date: June 18, 2012

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Deux femmes, 1947

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Deux femmes, 1947

Sale Date: June 18, 2012

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Ohne Titel, 1930

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Ohne Titel, 1930

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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Ohne Titel, 1930

František Drtikol

Ohne Titel, 1930

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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Femmes nues au vase, 1930

František Drtikol

Femmes nues au vase, 1930

Sale Date: May 25, 2012

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Étude de nu (study), 1927

František Drtikol

Étude de nu (study), 1927

Sale Date: May 25, 2012

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Zare, 1927

František Drtikol

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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