 Brief
Biography
- 1873
- born- July 31 Svetec u Biliny, Bohemia
- 1892
- Studied at the School of Applied Art in Prague (in Friedrich
Ohmann's Decorative Architecture workshop)
- 1893
- Illustrated Tyrolean elegies by Karel Havlicek Borovsky
- 1897
- Finished his studies in Prague at the "artistic-industrial
school". Moved to Paris
- 1898
- Worked with Alphonse Mucha in Paris
- 1902
- Illustrated "Broucci" for Paris paper "L'Assiette au beurre"
- 1903-04
- Returned to Prague, worked at a Czech type foundry
- 1905
- Established his own Studio in Prague-Vinhrady
- 1907
- Solo Exhibitions in Prague and Vienna
- 1909
- Created the book "Colored Etching and Colored Engravings"-
considered to be a milestone in the foundation of Modern Czech
book production
- 1910
- Moved to the USA
- 1912-16
- Taught at the Art Students' League in NY
- 1914-16
- Taught in New York at The Teachers College at Columbia University
- 1915
- Formulated theories for Art Fundamental and worked
on abstract collages
- 1916-26
Directed the School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Wentworth
Institute, Boston
- 1920-23
Began Correspondence with Dard Hunter
- 1925
- Feb 26. casting completed for Preissig Roman type at the
Czech State Printing Office foundry.
- 1930
- Returned to Czechoslovakia
- 1931
- Solo Exhibition Prague
- 1933
- Solo Exhibition Prague
- 1934
- Solo Exhibition Hradec Kralove
- 1935
- began work on a series of abstract paintings
- 1938
- Publishes anti-German propoganda --helps print magazine Into
Action (V boj)
- 1940
- Arrested for his involvement in the resistance movement
- 1944
- died- June 11 Dachau
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