tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post6777088630038496005..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: Czech graphic artists before WWINeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-60930711124510494962012-12-14T09:26:00.901+00:002012-12-14T09:26:00.901+00:00Thanks for this information, Michal.Thanks for this information, Michal.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-44845376738211516022012-12-13T14:45:55.258+00:002012-12-13T14:45:55.258+00:00Hermine Laukota (Laukotová) was not Jewish, but pu...Hermine Laukota (Laukotová) was not Jewish, but purely German origin, although her name Laukota implicates some Czech roots. <br /><br />She was member of Society of German woman painters, which was in 1939 forced to suspend Jewish members, and Hermine was not among suspended fellows.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770928659402802927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-1144096553085350592012-12-13T14:45:14.389+00:002012-12-13T14:45:14.389+00:00Hermine Laukota (Laukotová) was not Jewish, but pu...Hermine Laukota (Laukotová) was not Jewish, but purely German origin, although her name Laukota implicates some Czech roots. <br /><br />She was member of Society of German woman painters, which was in 1939 forced to suspend Jewish members, and Hermine was not among suspended fellows.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770928659402802927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-87905488366710111522010-04-08T09:33:30.104+01:002010-04-08T09:33:30.104+01:00Those WWI sketchbooks look fascinating, Jonquil. H...Those WWI sketchbooks look fascinating, Jonquil. Have you been in touch with the curators at the University of Victoria? I bet they'd love to see another example of the elusive JM's work.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-36915697174172070912010-04-08T09:20:08.557+01:002010-04-08T09:20:08.557+01:00I guess I should add that JM made two sketchbooks ...I guess I should add that JM made two sketchbooks of World War I that are now online.jonquilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970368901229820739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-33396690924903006532010-04-08T09:13:56.346+01:002010-04-08T09:13:56.346+01:00I'm always intrigued by bits of art or writing...I'm always intrigued by bits of art or writing on the endpapers of books, or letters and ephemera tucked inside them.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-87824222504993419362010-04-08T06:00:52.703+01:002010-04-08T06:00:52.703+01:00I've just returned from Prague with some origi...I've just returned from Prague with some original art painted on the end paper of an old book, by an Englishman, JM.<br />Not exactly print, but interesting and curious.jonquilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970368901229820739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-91205694387814550892010-03-08T09:09:23.547+00:002010-03-08T09:09:23.547+00:00It's so annoying when you realize you have mis...It's so annoying when you realize you have missed an exhibition you could easily have seen! I hope you had a great time in Paris anyway, Roxana. I found the rest of Brömse's darkly brooding Death and the Maiden cycle posted somewhere on the web.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-29676116363961912972010-03-07T22:50:24.281+00:002010-03-07T22:50:24.281+00:00you know, i've just returned from Paris but i ...you know, i've just returned from Paris but i missed this exhibition that i would have wanted to see so very much:<br /><br />http://www.museemaillol.com/<br /><br />August Brömse's work should have been shown there, i am mesmerized. yet Stretti's landscapes are also wonderful.<br /><br />thank you so much, Neil...Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.com