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Jan Matulka

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

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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