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Jan Matulka

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Jan Matulka (1890 - 1972) was active/lived in New York / Czech Republic.  Jan Matulka is known for Cubist figure, landcape and still life painting.

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 Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Jan Matulka became a leading modernist working with Stuart Davis to find a new type of Cubism based on distortion of forms.  The totality of his work ranged from traditional to abstract, reflecting the changes in the art world of 20th century America.

In 1907, he came to the Bronx, New York where he had a poverty-ridden childhood with a mother who tried to raise a family by herself.  From 1908 to 1917, he studied at the National Academy of Design, and in 1917, received the first Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship with which he traveled and painted in the Southwest and Florida.  His work from this period showed a turning towards a more abstract style, replacing his earlier realism.

In 1919, he first went to Paris and then returned in 1927 on a scholarship from the National Academy.  In Paris, he was exposed to Cubism, and his painting after that seemed always to carry that influence.  He had his first one-m   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3835 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Jan Matulka


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt Style
  • Abstraction, Abstract
  • Cubism, Cubist
  • Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
  • Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Arizona Before 1945
  • Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Lake George, New York
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
  • Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Association
  • Salons of America
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Art Students League of New York, Teacher
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Anschutz Collection
  • Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
  • Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Figure Specialty
  • Mural Specialty
  • Printmaking Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Czech Nationality
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Salons of America-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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