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Emil Filla

Emil Filla (1882 - 1953) was active/lived in Czech Republic, France.  Emil Filla is known for Cubist still life painting and sculpture.

Emil Filla (1882-1953)

The beginnings of modern Czech art and painting, particularly Cubism, are inextricably linked with the name Emil Filla.  After training under Franz Thiele and Vlaho Bukovac at the Prague Fine Arts Academy, he traveled extensively before joining other young artists, among them Procházka and Kubín, to found the group Osma (the Group of Eight) in 1907.  The group was oriented toward both the Paris Fauves and the German movement Die Brücke.

To Filla, however, Munch's painting was also important and, a few years later, the influence of El Greco became apparent in his work.  In 1909, Emil Filla joined the venerable secessionist artists association SVU Mánes but left it in 1911 to join forces with fourteen other young avant-garde artists to found Skupina, which became the center of Czech Cubism until 1914.

Emil Filla, working as an art agent at that time, kept abreast of trends in Paris and Germany,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5306 characters.]  Artist bio

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