Japanse houtsnijder
Emil Orlik
1900 - 1903
Medium
color woodcut
Dimensions
217; 197
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2760
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...