Last rays of the sun
The boldly graphic woodcut style developed independently and concurrently by William Nicholson in England and F�lix Vallotton in France inevitably inspired others to follow their lead. One of the first and most influential was the Czech artist Emil Orlik (1870-1932). Orlik studied at the Munich Academy from 1891-1893. In 1899 he joined the Vienna Secession. From 1905 Emil Orlik taught graphics at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, joining the Berlin Secession in 1908. Emil Orlik, Die N�herin (The Seamstress) Woodcut, 1896 Emil Orlik, On the Victoria Embankment, London (also known as In the Park) Lithograph, 1898 Of course, not all of those who worked in this style achieved the lasting fame of Nicholson, Vallotton, and Orlik. The German artist Fritz Lang (1877-1961) is hardly known today, though I like the boldness and the humour in my two examples of his work. Lang was born in Stuttgart, where he studied at the art school before completing his studies at the Karlsruhe Academy. Fritz Lang,