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Jan MatulkaStill life by Czech / American 20th Century artist Jan Matulka
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About the Item
A refined still life by Jan Matulka, executed in gouache on paper, signed lower left. Measuring 21.25 x 14.125 inches (54 x 36 cm), this work exemplifies Matulka’s distinctive approach to colour, composition, and modernist abstraction.
Matulka, a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American modernism, was born in Prague and later emigrated to the United States. He was renowned for his versatility across mediums, including painting, drawing, and illustration, as well as his explorations of both European avant-garde and American modernist traditions. Over his career, Matulka influenced generations of artists through both his teaching and his innovative work, bridging traditional subjects with modernist aesthetics.
This still life captures the artist’s subtle interplay of form and colour, offering a rare opportunity to acquire a work that reflects his mastery of composition and his contribution to transatlantic modernism.
The details of the work are as follows:
Jan Matukla (Czech / American, 1890 – 1972)
Still life
Signed ‘Matulka’ (lower left)
Gouache on paper
21.1/4 x 14.1/8 in. (54 x 36 cm.)
- Creator:Jan Matulka (1890-1972, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)Width: 14.13 in (35.9 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Medium:
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- Condition:In good order, slight crease to upper left corner, recently reframed in a hand finished moulding in silver and chalk, behind glass with a mushroom coloured slip.
- Gallery Location:Petworth, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU540317206922
Jan Matulka
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.
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