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Frantisek DrtikolWW-1922-103085
Catalogue
- Year
- 1922
- Medium
- Gum bichromate print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 27.8 × 22.4 cm (11 × 8 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Frantisek Drtikol
Artist

Frantisek Drtikol
Printmaking
František Drtikol was a Czech photographer and printmaker whose modernist studio portraits and nudes, created primarily between 1910 and 1935, were distinguished by geometric abstraction, dramatic chiaroscuro, and carefully constructed compositions. Working in Prague, he combined straight photography with hand-applied pigment and graphic techniques to create highly stylized images that moved beyond documentary realism toward a formalist aesthetic. His later work incorporated photomontage and experimental processes. Drtikol's practice bridged Czech avant-garde movements and European modernism, establishing him as a pioneering figure in interwar art photography.
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- Frantisek Drtikol
- Year
- 1922
- Medium
- Gum bichromate print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 27.8 × 22.4 cm (11 × 8 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1922-103085
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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