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Tavik Frantisek (TF) Simon

Tavik Frantisek (T.F.) Simon (1877 - 1942) was active/lived in Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, United States, France.  Tavik Simon is known for Street genre, portrait and landscape paintings, drawings, printmaking.

Tavík František Šimon (May 13, 1877 in Železnice, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) – December 19, 1942 in Prague), was a painter, etcher, and woodcut artist. Born František Šimon, he later adopted the additional name 'Tavík', which was his mother's maiden name, generally signing his work T. F. Šimon. Largely ignored during the Communist era in Czechoslovakia, his work has received greater attention in recent years.

Simon was born in Železnice (known at that time as Eisenstadtl) near Jicín. As a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, he received a stipend that allowed him to travel to Italy, Belgium, England and France. He had his first solo exhibition in Prague in 1905, and a Paris exhibition in 1906. His extensive travels would eventually also bring him to New York City, London, the Netherlands, Spain, Morocco, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, and Japan, images of all of which appear in his work.

After spending 1904–1914 based in Paris, Simon returned to Prague and b   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4334 characters.]  Artist bio

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