(AVANT GARDE CZECH MODERNIST) Šimon Tavik František Original

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(AVANT-GARDE, CZECH MODERNIST.) Šimon, Tavik František. Original sketchbook dated 1914. Contains 36 sketches, mostly in pencil, but a few in ink, of landscapes, houses, figures, character sketches, some in rough form, others finished drawings. Some pages contain 2 images and a few pictures are captioned with location. 210x133mm; 8 1/4x5 1/4 inches, leaf size. 8vo, cloth-backed plain boards, worn, covers nearly detached, Parisian art store stamp, Šimon's signature, and a few notes on cover versos. Np, 1914

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After spending nearly a decade in Paris, Šimon returned to Prague in 1914 and became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. In 1917 he became a founding member of the Hollar Association of Czech Graphic Artists, which he later chaired. Many of his most notable images are of Prague, New York, and Paris, but also include portraiture (including self-portraiture) and images of the Czech and Slovak countryside. Šimon's style was strongly influenced by the French Impressionists and Japanese printmaking techniques, in particular color aquatints with soft ground etching.