F. Hodler
Emil Orlik
1904
Medium
Woodcut in black on blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 35 × 22.5 cm (13 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 41 × 28 cm (16 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12591
About the Artist
Emil Orlik · 1870–1932
Emil Orlík (1870–1932) was a Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer whose cosmopolitan career bridged the artistic centers of Prague, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and Tokyo. Born on July 21, 1870, in Prague, Orlík became one of the most important promoters of Japanese art and woodcut techniques in early twentieth-century Europe, directly studying traditional Japanese printmaking methods during two ext...