Emil Orlík

Emil Orlik (July 21, 1870 – September 28, 1932) was born in Prague, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and lived and worked in Prague, Austria and Germany. He was a painter, an etcher and lithographer.

Life

Emil Orlik was born in Prague, the son of a tailor. He studied art first at the private art school of Heinrich Knirr, and then, from 1891, at the Munich Academy, under Wilhelm Lindenschmit. He then learned engraving from Johann Leonhard Raab, and proceeded to experiment with various printmaking processes.

After performing his military service in Prague, he returned to Munich, where he worked for the magazine Jugend. He spent most of 1898, travelling through Europe, visiting the Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium, and Paris. During this time he became aware of Japanese art, and the impact it was having in Europe, and decided to visit Japan to learn woodcut techniques. He left for Asia in March 1900, stopping off in Hong Kong, before reaching Japan, where he stayed until February 1901.

In 1905 Emil Orlik moved to Berlin and took a post at the "School for Graphic and Book Art" of the Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum), now part of the Berlin State Museums.

Gallery

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  Self portrait

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  Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor (1928)
  (etching with drypoint, printed with tone)

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  Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist (1917)

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  Max Reinhardt, theater and film,
  director and actor

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  Tilla Durieux, Austrian actress (1922)

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  Hans Wassmann as Nick Bottom (1909)

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  Cover for the score of the Turandot Suite
  by Ferruccio Busoni (1906)

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  Poster for the play Die Weber
  by Gerhart Hauptmann (1897)

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  Jakob Wassermann, novelist (1899)

External links

• Emil Orlik prints, books, artwork and biography
• "Emil Orlik (1870–1932) - Portraits of Friends and Contemporaries" Jewish Museum, Prague, Czech Republic includes

See also: Orlík and Orlik