Czech Painter Emil Orlik1870 Prague – 1932 Berlin "trees"

Czech painter Emil Orlik1870 Prague – 1932 Berlin "Trees"
Oil on cardboard Size: 72.5 x 59.5 cm
Signed lower right Orlik
Framed.
Emil Orlik (21 July 1870, Prague – 28 September 1932, Berlin) was a Prague painter, graphic artist, photographer and artist.

From 1905, Orlik taught at the Meisterschule für Graphik und Buchgewerbe (Graphic and Book Arts and Crafts School) in Berlin. His students included the German painter George Grosz. During this time, Orlik created portraits of Ernst Barlach, Lovis Corinth, Otto Dix, Käthe Kollwitz, Franz Werfel, Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein and Alfred Döblin, among others. He also created a number of costumes and sets for Max Reinhardt’s productions. Lithography was one of the many techniques he used.