Emigrants

Emil Orlik was a German printmaker and painter who worked primarily in lithography and woodcut, techniques he mastered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His prints often depicted theatrical subjects, portraits, and scenes of urban life with a distinctive linear clarity and psychological acuity. Based in Berlin, Orlik became a significant figure in German Modernism, bridging Symbolism and Expressionist approaches through his graphic work. He was also an influential teacher whose methods shaped the next generation of German printmakers.

Prague, Czechia