Emil Orlik (21 July 1870 – 28 September 1932) was a painter,

etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

and

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

. He was born in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and lived and worked in Prague, Austria and Germany.

Biography

Emil Orlik was the son of a tailor. He first studied art at the private art school of Heinrich Knirr, where one of his fellow pupils was

Paul Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented ...

. From 1891, he studied at the Munich Academy under Wilhelm Lindenschmit. Later he learned engraving from

Johann Leonhard Raab Johann Leonhard Raab ( Unterschwaningen 29 March 1825 – 2 April 1899 Munich) was a German printmaker and painter.Friedrich Pecht: ''Verzeichnis der Abbildungen'', in: ''Schiller-Galerie ...'' sowie dito in: ''Goethe-Galerie ...'' Life After re ...

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 Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

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 The Berlin State Museums (german: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters, several research institutes, libraries, and supporting facilities. They are overseen ...

. He taught at the Berlin College of Arts and Crafts, where one of his students was George Grosz. Orlik's work is held in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide, including the

Princeton University Art Museum The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) is the Princeton University gallery of art, located in Princeton, New Jersey. With a collecting history that began in 1755, the museum was formally established in 1882, and now houses over 113,000 works o ...

, the

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

, the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

, the

University of Michigan Museum of Art The University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, Michigan with is one of the largest university art museums in the United States. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War, Alumni Memorial Hall ori ...

, the

Worcester Art Museum The Worcester Art Museum, also known by its acronym WAM, houses over 38,000 works of art dating from antiquity to the present day and representing cultures from all over the world. WAM opened in 1898 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and ranks among th ...

, the

Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

, the

Clark Art Institute The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, commonly referred to as the Clark, is an art museum and research institution located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. Its collection consists of European and American paintings, sculp ...

, the

Chazen Museum of Art The Chazen Museum of Art is an art museum located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. The Chazen Museum of Art is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. History Until 2005, the Museum was known regularly as th ...

, the Brooklyn Museum, the

National Museum of Western Art The is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taitō, central Tokyo. It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. History The NMWA was es ...

, the

Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian ...

, the Artizon Museum, the

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco. The permanent collection of the ...

, the

Portland Art Museum The Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, United States, was founded in 1892, making it one of the oldest art museums on the West Coast and seventh oldest in the US. Upon completion of the most recent renovations, the Portland Art Museum beca ...

, the Fairfield University Museum, and the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

Gallery

File:Emil Orlik self portrait.jpeg, Self portrait File:Wilhelm Furtwängler by Emil Orlik.jpeg,

Wilhelm Furtwängler Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler ( , , ; 25 January 188630 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. He was a major ...

, conductor (1928)
(etching with drypoint, printed with tone) File:Wanda Landowska by Emil Orlik.jpg,

Wanda Landowska Wanda Aleksandra Landowska (5 July 1879 – 16 August 1959) was a Polish harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in ...

, harpsichordist (1917) File:Emil Orlik Portrait Max Reinhardt.jpg,

Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his innovative stage productions, he is regarded as one of the most pro ...

, theater and film director, and actor File:Tilla Durieux.jpg,

Tilla Durieux Tilla Durieux (born Ottilie Godeffroy; 18 August 1880 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian theatre and film actress of the first decades of the 20th century. Early Years Born Ottilie Helene Angela Godeffroy on 18 August 1880, she was the daug ...

, Austrian actress (1922) File:Emil Orlik Rollenportrait Hans Wassmann.jpg, Hans Wassmann as

Nick Bottom Nick Bottom is a character in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' who provides comic relief throughout the play. A weaver by trade, he is famously known for getting his head transformed into that of a donkey by the elusive Puck. Bott ...

(1909) File:Turandot Suite Score Cover.jpg, Cover for the score of the '' Turandot Suite''
by Ferruccio Busoni (1906) File:Die Weber 1897 by Emil Orlik.jpeg, Poster for the play ''Die Weber''
by

Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He rece ...

(1897) File:Jakob Wassermann.jpg, Jakob Wassermann, novelist (1899) File:Emil Orlik Bookplate.jpg, Bookplate for the books of Franz Anderle File:Kout v mém ateliéru (Corner in My Studio) by Emil Orlik.jpg, ''Kout v mém ateliéru'' (''Corner of My Studio''), in the

Czech National Gallery The National Gallery Prague ( cz, Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Cze ...

in Prague File:Emil Orlik Gustav Mahler 1902.jpg, Gustav Mahler, composer, (1902) File:EmilOrlikRichardStrauss1917.JPG, Richard Strauss, composer (1917) File:Emil Orlik - Kolo Moser - 1903.jpeg, alt=Gravure sur bois de fil en couleur, 18,2 x 18,5 cm, 1903 , '' Kolo Moser,'' color

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas tha ...

, 18.2 × 18.5 cm, 1903 File:Emil_Orlik_-_Drei_Mädchen_beim_Brettspiel,_c._1907,_Farbholzschnitt.jpg, ''Drei Mädchen beim Brettspiel'', c. 1907, Farbholzschnitt

References

External links

*
Emil Orlik prints, books, artwork and biography

Emil Orlik (1870–1932) - Portraits of Friends and Contemporaries
escription of exhibition in 2004 Jewish Museum in Prague (Czech Republic)
Guide to the Emil Orlik Collection
at the

Leo Baeck Institute, New York The Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI) is a research institute in New York City dedicated to the study of German-Jewish history and culture, founded in 1955. It is one of three independent research centers founded by a group of German-speaking J ...

. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Orlik, Emil 1870 births 1932 deaths 19th-century Austrian Jews 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters 20th-century Austrian painters Czech etchers Austrian etchers Lithographers Czech painters Czech male painters Czech scenic designers Austrian expatriates in Japan Austrian expatriates in Germany Czech expatriates in Japan Czech expatriates in Germany Artists from Prague 19th-century lithographers 20th-century lithographers Color engravers Members of the Vienna Secession 20th-century Austrian male artists 20th-century engravers