Sunday, January 18, 2015

James Henry Daugherty

James Henry Daugherty (USA 1889-1974)

Woods (n.d.) oil on panel  46.36 x 51.75 cm

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (Germany 1894-1933)

Mann mit Maschinen (Fabrikarbeiter) 1924
oil, partially mixed with sand, on firm painter’s board. 67.7 x 95.5 cm

Emil Orlik (1870 - 1932)

Emil Orlik (Czech.1870-1934 Germany)

Zwiegespräch - Colloquy (c. 1910-1915) oil on painter’s board 60.7 x 50.1 cm

 Parish Church in Levín. 1908. Oil on canvas.

Emil Orlik was an Austrian-German artist who produced a collection of prints, woodcuts, etchings, and paintings depicting German and Eastern European social life. As a young man, Orlik developed a relationship with the Bohemian German art scene in Prague, members of which included avant-garde figures like Franz Kafka and Rainer Maria Rilke. Following his passion for art, Orlik relocated to Munich in the 1890s, meeting fellow artist Paul Klee at the Menirch Knirr in Munich. Throughout the rest of his career, Orlik traveled extensively throughout Europe and Japan, gaining notoriety and acclaim for his woodcut printmaking. He taught at universities in Germany, including the Berlin College of Arts and Crafts, and the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin. Born on July 21, 1870 in Prague, Czech Republic, Orlik died on September 28, 1932 in Berlin, Germany.