Czech photograher Frantisek Drtikol was born in 1883 in the mining town of pribram, west of prague. he studied photography in munich where he was heavily influenced by the art noveau. in 1910 he opened a studio in prague where he shot portraits of some of the most important figures of his day. in the 1920s he focused on expressive nudes reshaping the genre of the classical nude by synthesizing a new aesthetic influenced by silent film, avant garde art, expressive dance and art deco design until he eventually eliminated the live model entirely in 1930. ultimately live models were not always malleable enough to capture his ideas – in the latter phase of his work the figures he introduced became flattened, elongated & stretched, sometimes in rhythmic patterns. his studio in prague was was of the most successful in europe in the 20s and early 30s but abruptly in 1935 he gave up his photographic career to return to painting. he sold his studio and drifted into obscurity devoting himself to mysticism & the seclusion of a hermit’s life.
he died practically forgotten in 1961."
František Drtikol – Sphinx {Cleopatra},1913
František Drtikol~Painting,1930
František Drtikol – Untitled (Drtikol’s painting), 1925.
František Drtikol- Dance Study, 1910
František Drtikol- Girl with veil,1914
František-Drtikol- Dancer, 1914.
František Drtikol- Untitled (Female Crucifixion), 1914
František Drtikol- Nude, 1912
František Drtikol – Nu, 1920/1930′s
František Drtikol – Nude, 1927/28
Frantisek Drtikol- Josephine Baker dancing ,1927
František Drtikol- Arabian Nude Study,1912
František Drtikol- Portrait (lighting study) , 1930
František Drtikol – Nude, 1927/28
František Drtikol- Nude, 1927
František Drtikol – Nu, 1929
František Drtikol – Akt II, 1925.
František Drtikol- Torso ,1929
František Drtikol- Salomé nue… heureuse avec la tête de Jean-Baptiste, 1925
František Drtikol -Untitled {Salome}, 1913
František Drtikol – Salomé, 1919
František Drtikol- From serie Salomé, 1919
František Drtikol – Salome,1920s
František Drtikol- La femme avec le crane {Salome},1920
František Drtikol – Untitled, 1932
František Drtikol – Salomé, 1919
František Drtikol -Composition, 1928/29
František Drtikol -Composition, 1928/29
František Drtikol- Still life with skull, 1920
František Drtikol- Femme à la Figurine, 1930
František Drtikol -Untitled (cut-out nude with wave) c.1930-1935
František Drtikol – La pensee # 21,
Frantisek Drtikol – Nude Study, 1925
František Drtikol- Nude Study, 1925
František Drtikol- Nude Study, 1925
František Drtikol- Nude study, Nd
František Drtikol- Femme Nu #18 ,1935
František Drtikol- Visage au Masque,1922
František Drtikol- Nude study,1912
František Drtikol – Etude de Nu, 1913
František Drtikol – L’Étude, 1930.
František Drtikol -Untitled ([Odalisque),1930
František Drtikol- Melancolie , 1927
František Drtikol- Untitled Nude (Melancolie) , 1927 (Pigment print)
František Drtikol – Untitled , 1938
František Drtikol- Two sisters , 1932
František Drtikol- {from Women in Light Series}, Nd
František Drtikol- {from Women in Light Series}, Nd
František Drtikol- Two sistersII , 1932
František Drtikol -UNTITLED (DANCE),nd
František Drtikol- Dancing nudes n.d.
František Drtikol – Untitled (Dancers), 1939
František Drtikol- UNTITLED (DANCE),nd
František Drtikol- Untitled, 1920′s
František Drtikol – “Nude” , 1928
František Drtikol – Profile of a Nude Young Girl ,1913
František Drtikol- Nude with Apple ,1913
František Drtikol- Snezna vlna (Snow wave), 1930/39
František Drtikol -Le Sein, 1934
František Drtikol- Untitled (Nude with Ropes), nd
František Drtikol- Untitled, 1925 {Original glass negative + silver contact print}
František Drtikol- Kruhové výsece, Oblouk, 1928
František Drtikol- COMPOSITION ,1929/30
František Drtikol- VII – Photogravure , 1927
František Drtikol- Untitled, 1927
František Drtikol- Mother earth, 1940
František Drtikol -Nude Study,1920s
František Drtikol -Vanitas, 1920
František Drtikol- Nude , 1920′s
František Drtikol- Nude , 1925′s
František Drtikol – Nu, 1925′s
František Drtikol – Nu, 1925′s
František Drtikol -Nude with Flowers ,1912
František Drtikol – Vykrik Noci , {le cri} , vers 1927
František Drtikol- La Course,1933
František Drtikol- Berlin Cabaret Dancer ,1923
František Drtikol- Exotic Dancer, 1925′s
František Drtikol- Reclining Nude, 1920s
František Drtikol – Untitled ,1928
František Drtikol – Female study with snake bracelet, 1925.
František Drtikol – Untitled Nude, nd
František Drtikol -Movement, 1928
František Drtikol – Untitled Nude, 1927
František Drtikol – Untitled Nude, 1927
František Drtikol – Nude, 1927
František Drtikol – Nude, 1927
František Drtikol- Composition , 1929
František Drtikol- Nude, 1927
František Drtikol- Geometric Nude ,1927
František Drtikol-Untitled, 1927
František Drtikol-Femme Nu #01, 1933
František Drtikol-Femme Nu #02, 1933
František Drtikol- Svítání, 1930′s
František Drtikol- The Flapper Girl, 1920s
František DrtikolBallet dancer on a white back-cloth, 1922
František Drtikol- Two figures ,1920
František Drtikol- Andante, Prague, 1928
František Drtikol- Four Nude Young Women ,1925
František Drtikol- Etude de nu (Ervina Kupferova), vers 1929
František Drtikol- Nude study, 1927
František Drtikol- Composition (standing nude) ,1927
František Drtikol- Zena ve svetle ,1930
František Drtikol- « Composition », 1925
František Drtikol- « Composition », 1925
František Drtikol- « Composition », 1925
František Drtikol- « Composition », 1925
František Drtikol- « Composition », 1925
František Drtikol- untitled , 1927
František Drtikol- Nude With Circles, 1928
František Drtikol- Nude study wirh circle, 1928
František Drtikol – Sans Titre, 1930
František Drtikol – Action with Disc ,1927
František Drtikol- untitled , 1928
František Drtikol – Nude Study ,1927
František Drtikol- wave, 1925
František Drtikol – Nude study, Nd ( probably 1925)
František Drtikol- Untitled ,1929
František Drtikol- Nude Study ,1930
František Drtikol- Seated nude, 1920s
František Drtikol – Untitled {draped nude} 1913 (printed 1925)
František Drtikol – Nude-nd[ from mutual Art
František Drtikol – Nude, 1913
František Drtikol – Nude, 1913
František Drtikol- Étude de la Crucifixion, 1914
František Drtikol- Étude de la Crucifixion, 1914
František Drtikol- Étude de la Crucifixion, 1914
František Drtikol – Nude Female Dancer, 1922
František Drtikol – Nude, 1928.
František Drtikol-Vanité, 1925
František Drtikol- Composition 1913
František Drtikol- Composition , 1913
František Drtikol -UNTITLED (DANCE),nd
František Drtikol- Soul series, El Alma, 1930
František Drtikol- Soul series, El Alma II, 1930
František Drtikol- Soul series, 1930
František Drtikol- Phantasie, 1930
František Drtikol- from serie Soul, 1930
František Drtikol -Soul, 1931
František Drtikol – Montage {with cut-out nude figure} ,1920s
František Drtikol-Composition,1933
František Drtikol- Untitled (cut-out nude with tree) c.1930-1935 ( photomontage)
František Drtikol Untitled (cut-out nude with grass) c.1930-1935
František Drtikol – Untitled (cut-out nude with leaves) c.1930-1935
František Drtikol – Female Nude Studies in Paper Cut-Out,1930s
František Drtikol- Dancers (Paper Cut-Out) , 1932 Gelatin silver print
František Drtikol- Nude -Five Times, Five Sizes (Cutout), 1930
František Drtikol- Dancers , 1930
František Drtikol- Composition avec figurine, 1930-1935
František Drtikol-l’âme reconnait dieu, Nd
Exhibition to mark the publishing of František Drtikol ,2006
Exhibition to mark the publishing of František Drtikol –Eyes Wide Open" 2004
František Drtikol- Self-Portrait, 1930
František Drtikol- self-portrait, 1930
František Drtikol-Book cover for Frantisek Drtikol "Zena ve Svetle" (Prague, Editions Beaufort, 1938
František Drtikol- Book cover for "Fotograf Frantisek Drtikol" (Prague, Umelecko Prumyslove Muzeum, 1972)
