Jan Matulka Central Park Landscape Painting Auction
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Jan Matulka Central Park Landscape Painting
Jan Matulka Central Park Landscape Painting
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Description
Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890-1972). Gouache on paper painting depicting a view of Central Park, ca. 1925. Pencil signed along the lower right.

Lot Essay:
Jan Matulka was born in a small town in South Bohemia. While he took his first art classes in Prague, his family soon emigrated to New York City. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design and, upon his graduation, won a Joseph Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship. It was with this money that he traveled back to Europe, visiting Paris in 1919. He rented a studio and returned there throughout the 1920s. He began a long teaching career in 1925 at the Art Students League. Throughout his life, he taught artists such as Dorothy Dehner, Francis Criss, Brugoyne Diller, Irene Rice Pereira, David Smith, Jacob Burck, Esther Shemitz, and many more.

Matulka painted continuously and often in differing styles depending on the time of day. He was known to create abstract works in the morning and end the day with landscapes. He joined the Public Works of Art Project as well as the Federal Art Project, painting murals.

As Matulka aged he withdrew more and more from society, more so as his health failed. Throughout the latter part of his life, his works were subject to much acclaim when they were exhibited. During his life, he exhibited frequently at the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery in New York. His posthumous credits include, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the British Museum, and the Guggenheim.

Sight; height: 16 3/4 in x width: 22 3/4 in. Framed; height: 26 1/2 in x width: 32 1/2 in x depth: 1 in.
Condition
The colors are bold and bright. The sheet is slightly toned. There is undulation to the sheet. There are creases throughout the extreme edges of the print, in particular to the lower right corner. There are rips throughout the edges of the sheet. There are are losses to all four corners, especially the bottom right and upper left. No signs of restoration under UV light. There are areas with tape throughout the verso. Framed under glass; light wear to the frame.
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Jan Matulka Central Park Landscape Painting

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