Jan Matulka Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
American, 1890-1972
Matulka studied at the National Academy of Design before traveling to the American Southwest, where he grew inspired by Native-American and Hispanic cultures. Matulka used this inspiration upon returning home to create representational yet distorted artworks. Matulka fluidly oscillates between abstraction and figural painting. He has had many solo exhibitions across NYC and has had his work displayed in notable locations such as The Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.(Biography provided by Rafael Gallery)
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Artist: Jan Matulka
Untitled (Study of Classical Drapery)
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, study of a classical drapery by artist Jan Matulka. The image is drawn on the back of a typewritten, folded sheet of stationery, from Dyer, Hudson & Co., New Yo...
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Still Life with Egg Beater
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka.
A leading Modernist, Jan Matulka was born in Prague Czechoslovakia in 1890. He studied...
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1930s Modern Jan Matulka Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Still Life with Alarm Clock and Mandolin
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka.
A leading Modernist, Jan Matulka was born in Prague Czechoslovakia in 1890. He studied...
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1930s Modern Jan Matulka Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite, Paper
Still Life with Hammer, Palette and Chopper
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka.
A leading Modernist, Jan Matulka was born in Prague Czechoslovakia in 1890. He studied...
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1930s Modern Jan Matulka Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite, Paper
Still Life with Profile and Hanger
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka.
A leading Modernist, Jan Matulka was born in Prague Czechoslovakia in 1890. He studied...
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1930s Modern Jan Matulka Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite, Paper
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