Ferdinand Hodler
Emil Orlik
1904
Medium
woodcut [artist's proof before removal of outer border, printed on blue japan paper]
Dimensions
sheet: 40.2 x 27.1 cm (15 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Daryl Reich Rubenstein Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2010.136.1
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...