8 000 Kč

Prints & lithographs

artist

František Tavík Šimon

period

1911

technique

Color etching - aquatint

dimensions

31 × 40.5 cm

provenance

Published in an edition of 200 prints by G. Petit in Paris, listed as no. 166 in A. Novák's catalog.

František Tavík Šimon (1877 – 1942) was a Czech educator, painter, stamp designer, printer, artist, teacher, graphic artist, illustrator, and curator. Born in Železnice, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Maxmilián Pirner (1894 – 1900). As a Josef Hlávka scholarship recipient, he traveled to Italy in 1902 and to Paris in 1903 with Hugo Boettinger. He lived in Paris from 1904 to 1914 and was a member of the Société de la gravure en couleurs from 1906. From 1910, he was a member of the Royal Society of Painters in London. In 1917, he co-founded the Hollar Association of Czech Graphic Artists and was a member of its presidium. From 1898 to 1942, he was a member of SVU Mánes, serving as its chairman in 1919. During his stay in Paris, he traveled to Spain, England, and Morocco, and undertook a world tour in 1926–1927. In 1928, he became a professor of the newly established graphic arts specialization at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. His work largely consists of views of Prague, New York, and Paris, influenced by French Impressionists and Japanese graphic techniques.