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Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 – 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American
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ist originally from
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. Matulka's style ranged from
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to landscapes, sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy Dehner,
Francis Criss Francis Hyman Criss (1901 - 1973) was an American painter. Criss's style is associated with the American Precisionists like Charles Demuth and his friend Charles Sheeler. The work from his best-known years, the 1930s and 1940s, is characteriz ...
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, I. Rice Pereira, and David Smith.


Early life

Matulka was born on 7 November 1890 in
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,
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, then part of
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and now part of the
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. In 1907 Jan, his parents Maria and John, and his five younger sisters moved to
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. Soon after John separated from Jan's mother and left the family alone and with little money. In 1908 Jan Matulka began studying at the
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in New York City. Upon graduation in 1917 Matulka met Ludmila "Lída" Jiroušková who would on 1 May 1918 become his wife. Lída Matulka worked for the
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as the head of the Czechoslovak literature section and helped connect her husband to the larger cultural community. Between 1917 and 1918 Matulka traveled around the United States and the Caribbean as the first recipient of the Joseph Pulitzer National Traveling Scholarship, painting as he went. While in the
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he became one of the first
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ists to portray the
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snake rain dance.


Work

In 1919 Matulka illustrated ''Czechoslovak Fairy Tales'' with writer Parker Fillmore and published by
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. In 1920 the pair compiled a second book, ''The Shoemaker's Apron'', published by Harcourt Brace & Company The next few years Jan and Lida traveled to
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to visit the old family farm, as well as to Germany and France. Matulka found inspiration in the scenery of Tŭri Pôle village, a place that fueled many more paintings over the years. Jan established a studio in Paris and would over-winter there while Lida returned to New York City each October. In Paris he was acquaintances with Gertrude Stein, André Lhote, Jean Lurçat, Josef Šíma, Václav Vytlačil, and
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. In the 1920s Matulka maintained both his studios, frequently traveling to and fro from Paris to New York City. Around the middle of the decade Matulka began painting stark and jazzy cityscapes. This by no means meant he limited himself to that style, as he was also painting landscapes in Cape Ann, as well as Abstract pieces. Katherine Sophie Dreier became his patron briefly from 1925 to 1926, which came to a premature end mainly due to petty disagreements and Matulka's general lack of social grace, ranging from tardiness to tantrums. In November 1926 he started to contribute illustrations to '' The New Masses''. In 1927, Matulka began an association with the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery. The clientele of the gallery wanted more conservative and representational works so Matulka complied because he needed the income. Again, this did not prevent him from painting in other styles for other outlets. In 1928 he began drawing from the model when he started meeting with the Society of Independent Artists, while contributing illustrations to the
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Dělník Kalendar. With help from
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and Václav Vytlačil Matulka landed a teaching job at the
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, his first salaried position. Being the only
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faculty member, his classes were quite popular. His students include Dorothy Dehner,
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,
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, I. Rice Pereira, David Smith,
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, and Esther Shemitz. The lattermost would later state that Matulka was the greatest influence on his work. Matulka was pushed out of his position at the Art Students League by conservative factions in 1931, but with encouragement from students he continued teaching a private class, which later disbanded in 1932. Matulka continued teaching one-on-one classes for a time after that. Personal and global financial woes soon prevented Matulka from traveling annually to Paris. In 1928 he sublet his studio there to jazz painter Stuart Davis. Later Josef Šíma sublet it, taking it over completely from Matulka in 1934. Šíma stored all Matulka's paintings and other works left in the studio, eventually transporting them to his own house in
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, where unfortunately these things did not survive
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. From 1934 until it ended in 1935 Matulka became one of the few abstract painters to join the Public Works of Art Project, giving him a taste for
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s and public art. Immediately afterward he joined the
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and also worked on the Williamsburg Houses, eventually completing two murals, both of which were eventually destroyed or painted over.


Isolation and death

In 1936 Matulka helped found the
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, but refused to join the group. His emotional state continued to decline, even more so when his sister Barbara killed herself on 5 July. By the time his association with the
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ended in 1939 he had become even more socially and emotionally isolated. He continued painting more and more experimental works. Over the next few decades Matulka received much acclaim from his exhibitions, but remained relatively withdrawn from society. As age caught up with him, he suffered from many health issues, including
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. Matulka died 25 June 1972 in New York City.


Exhibitions

* June 1920:
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(group show with Patrick Henry Bruce,
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, and Van Everen) * 1924:
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, Paris * 1924: Exhibition of American Art, Paris * 1924: Neue Galerie, New York City (two-person show with James Ormsbee Chapin) * 1925: Artist's Gallery cooperative, New York City (solo) * 1926: Art Center, New York City (solo) * 1926:
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, New York (group show) * 1927: Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery, New York City (two-person show with Hayley Lever) * 1929:
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, New York City (solo) * 1929: Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery, New York City (solo) * 1930: Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery, New York City (solo) * 1931 or 1932:
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, New York City (group show with Stuart Davis,
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, and Arshile Gorky) * Spring 1932: Montclair Art Museum,
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* 1933: Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery, New York City (solo) * 1936:
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, New York City (group) * 1942:
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, New York City (group show with Adolph Gottlieb,
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, Carl Holty,
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, and Arshile Gorky) * 1944: ACA Galleries, New York City (solo) * 1965: Zabriske Gallery, New York City (solo) * 1979:
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, New York City (solo) * 21 November 1980 – 8 February 1981:
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, Washington, D.C. (solo) * 21 September – 14 November 1982:
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, New York City (solo) * 1989: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York City (solo) * 1992: James Graham & Sons, New York City (two-person show with Václav Vytlačil) * 1995: Thomas McCormick Gallery,
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(solo) * 1999: Richard York Gallery, New York City * - 7 April 2002:
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, New York City (group show with Stuart Davis,
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, Carl Holty,
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, and others) * 18 September 2004 – 16 January 2005: Montclair Art Museum,
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* 1 March – 1 May 2005:
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* 18 June – 24 July 2005:
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* 9 July – 27 August 2005: Thomas McCormick Gallery,
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* 27 August – 27 November 2005:
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* 14 January – 19 March 2006:
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* 9 April – 11 June 2006:
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* 10 June – 9 September 2006: Cape Ann Historical Museum,
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* 6 July – 19 August 2007: Arkansas Arts Center,
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* 15 December 2007 – 3 February 2008:
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(group show with many artists from
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) * 10 April – 7 September 2008:
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, London (group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 28 February – 19 April 2009:
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(group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 2 May – 31 August 2009:
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(group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 19 September – 13 December 2009:
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(group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 19 March – 22 August 2009: Jersey City Museum,
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(group show with
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, Riva Helfond,
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) * 12 August -–18 October 2009:
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(group show with
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, and many others) * 29 July – 16 October 2011:
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(''Modernist Inclinations: The Art of Jan Matulka'')


Selected bibliography as illustrator

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References


External links

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Global Modernist exhibition






Jan Matulka
Jan Matulka at the Whitney Museum
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