Background
Frantisek Drtikol was born on March 3, 1883 in Pribram, Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic.
Frantisek Drtikol was born on March 3, 1883 in Pribram, Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic.
Frantisek Drtikol served as an apprentice at a portrait studio in Pribram before attending (1901-1903) the Munich Lehrund Versuchsanstalt für Photographie (now Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign München), a teaching and research institute for photography in Munich.
After his schooling, Frantisek Drtikol returned to Czech Republic and earned his living as a photographer, working for various studios, then opened his own studio in Prague, where he specialized in portraits of writers and artists. He joined the Prague Cooperative Artel, lectured and continued to paint, making backdrops for his photographs. Eventually he devoted himself completely to his painting. Frantisek Drtikol was an influential figure in the European Bauhaus movement.
Frantisek Drtikol is most noted for his "uniquely modernistic imagery through the use of harsh lighting and strangely contorted forms and backdrops. His primary subject was the female nude" (Light Impressions). Most of these images were made between 1900 and 1935.
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