VONDROUS/View of st.Nicholas’ Cathedral from the Vltava river with boats/ORIGINAL ETCHING/1957

Specification  

Continent: #Europa  

Motiv: #urban landscape #views of Prague #Town Hall Tower 

Artist’s Main Feature: #The Bohemian-born artist JOHN CHARLES VONDROUS (1884–1970) (#John C. Vondrous //Also Known as Jan C. Vondrous / Jan Vondrous / John Vondrous / J. C. Vondrous/Nationalities American of Czech origin.) is best known in  Europe and America today for his etched views of Prague and its historical monuments and building. He opted unambiguously for realism. He strove from the start to express reality as he objectively saw it.

Subject: Prague landscape from the Vltava river with st. Nicholas’ Cathedral and its Clock Town. A part of Charles Bridge with sculptures and a boat on the river. It is one of the most beautiful etchings of the artist who was well-educated from the best etchers of USA and who is regarded as a professional artist of the highest calibre between the etchers Europe and USA. It is remarkable the fine gradations light and shadow, his amazing attention and a sense for details, his considerable power of expression of perspective of urban landscape. We see an artistic composition of most beautiful sightseeings of Prague with its historical monuments and ordinary houses with smoking chimneys, boats on the river and summer cloudy sky. It is artistic feeling of the highest level.      

 Age: #1957

Medium: #original etching #handmade paper with watermark #Etching / engraving on handmade paper with watermark holland

Location: #Czechoslovakia #PRAGUE # PRAGENSIS

Signature: pencil signed by artist/in print

Originality: Unique Handmade Original / signed in print and with the pencil

Size (in cm): 

The overall size is ca. 21 x 28.5 cm. 

The image size is ca. 13.5 x 17,5 cm.

Size (in inch): 

The overall size is ca. 8,3 x 11 inch. 

The image size is ca. 5,3 x 7 inch

Condition:

Grading: Good 

Corners: Good

Writing to back No
Writing to front: Signature in print 

Stains on front: No 

Stains on back: No

Creases or bends: No 

Tears: No 

Pin holes: No

Artist#Engraver: JOHN CHARLES VONDROUS (1884–1970) is a prominent representative of Czech and American art and graphic art of these two countries especially. Born in a small Czech village near a small town, he spent a considerable time in New-York and in reality grew up in America. He was well-educated by some prominent American artist such as George Willoughby Maynard and other as F. Jones, Edgar M. Ward, who were his teachers at the Academy of Art in New-York, but the etching class of James David Smillie gave direction to his future work. Their influence left a distinct stamp in his work. Vondrous was in his time exact convincing etcher of architectural subjects. His very first prints show great respect for draughtsmanship with a delight for strong contrast of light and shade. Vondrous is primarily an etcher, consummate craftsman, thoroughly versed in the technic of his art.  

One could see his amazing works in the National Gallery of Prague, National Gallery and Library of Congress in Washington, British museum in London, The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the New York Public Library.