Original Tomislav Krizman
Vienna Austrian Secession Croatian Bosnian
Art Nouveau Etching
KRIZMAN, Tomislav (Croatian, 1882-1955): Village Street Scene with Figures, etching/paper (high finish or vellum-style), 6 1/8" x 9 1/4" (plate), 9 1/8" x 12 1/8" (sheet), 10" x 13 1/16" (mat), signed in pencil/lower right margin. Matted without matboard backing, unframed, accompanied by an old tattered backing paper with a Manhattan, NY, USA framing label remnant.
Provenance:
Sale of estate items, Florida.
Tomislav Krizman (1882–1955), was a Croatian painter, graphic artist, costume and set designer, teacher, author and organizer of cultural events. He painted in oils and tempera, although he is principally remembered for his remarkable graphic art. He was of the founders of the Medulić Society, and the Zagreb Spring Salon of 1916. He exhibited in Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Vienna, Paris and Rome. --Wiki
Condition:
In attractive as discovered in a Florida sale of estate items condition. Paper has generally evenly mellowed in hue to beige over the decades, no tears, there are two rear horizontal assumedly printing or papermaking creases within the image, the longer one also visible from the front with the line somewhat blending in with the fine horizontal lines above the doorway at middle right and the smaller crease virtually undetectable above the center woman - we have created a special detail image collage detailing these two minor and insignificant issues, rippling throughout upper center of image, top front edge of print adhesive mounted to mat - see detail image, rears far margin edges have various old brittle mounting tape remnants, mat is brittle and acidified, noticeable toning line on margins from mat, accompanying old backing paper remnant is very acidified and tattered and label on the backing paper is very worn. No matboard backing, unframed. Item is as is, requiring conservation.
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About the Artist:
Biography
Tomislav Krizman was born on 21 July 1882 in
Orlovac (now part of Karlovac). He attended the Commerce Academy (Trgovačka
akademija), while also studying painting and drawing with Bela Čikoš Sesija,
Robert Auer and Menci Clement Crnčić. From 1903 to 1907 he went to Vienna,
where he attended the School of Crafts and Academy of Fine Arts studying with
William Unger.
Krizman remained in Vienna for ten years, an
important time in his artistic development, spending time with other artists of
the avant-garde secession. He incorporated their ideas into his own art, and
participated in the group exhibitions Hagenbund, Jungbund, Künstlerhaus and
Secesija ("Secession").
From 1912, Krizman worked in Zagreb, first as a
teacher at the Arts and Crafts School (Škola primijenjene umjetnosti i
dizajna), then from 1922 in the Graphics Department of the Academy of Fine Arts
in Zagreb.
He died on 24 October 1955 in Zagreb.
Legacy
Krizman is principally remembered for his
remarkable graphic work. He loved to travel, and draw what he saw: views of
Vienna, Hrvatsko Zagorje, Bosnia, and Dalmatia. His unusual views of Bosnia,
Hercegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia are very evocative and fresh. He created some
memorable portraits, including Mary Delvarda, Portret djevojčice
("Portrait of a Girl"), Autoportret ("Self-portrait"),
Meštrović and Brat Hinko ("Brother Hinko").
His knowledge of graphic techniques was published
in a book "On Graphical Arts" (O grafičkim vještinama), (1952).
He wrote books and magazine articles and worked as
a costume and set designer for opera and drama.
The appearance of posters corresponds with the
emergence of the secession or art nouveau movements that arrived in Zagreb in
1898. The poster was a popular image form of the new era, and Tomislav Krizman
created memorable poster art for various events of culture, sports,
entertainment, and politics. One of his first posters was of the cabaret singer
Marya Delvard, who had delighted audience in Vienna and Munich before arriving
in Zagreb in 1907. Krizman's image perfectly captured the essential
femme-fatale type of art nouveau woman.
Works[edit]
· Portrait of Marya Delvard
· Portrait of a Girl (Portret
djevojčice)
· Self-portrait (Autoportret)
· Portrait of Ivan Meštrović
· Brother Hinko (Brat Hinko)
· A Street in Ohrid (Ulica u
Ohridu), 1930
· Travel drawings and etchings
Exhibitions
Solo shows
Recent solo exhibitions include
· 1995 Tomislav Krizman
retrospektivna izložba - Art Pavilion, Zagreb
Group shows
During his lifetime, Krizman exhibited with the
Medulić Society, and the Spring Salon. He exhibited in Zagreb, Belgrade,
Ljubljana, Vienna, Paris and Rome.
Public collections
Tomislav Krizman's work can be found in the
following public collections
· Museum of Contemporary Art,
Zagreb (Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti)
· National and University
Library in Zagreb
· Croatian History Museum,
Zagreb
· National Museum (Narodni
Muzej), Zadar
--Wiki