VONDROUS/Building of Bridge with group of workers&machine/ORIGINAL ETCHING/1955

Specification  

Continent: #Europa  

Motiv: #urban landscape #industrial #Working life 

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: A Building of Bridge with machines and workers.     

 Age: #1955

Medium: #original etching 

Location: #Czechoslovakia #PRAGUE # PRAGENSIS

Signature: pencil signed by artist/in print

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

Size (in mm): 

The overall size is ca. 345 x 270

The image size is ca. 210 x 160

Size (in inches): The overall size is ca. 13,6 x 10,6 

The image size is ca. 8 x 6 

Condition:

Grading: Good 

Corners: Good

Writing to back No
Writing to front: Signature in print and with pencil/data 9.8.1955 

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.