Joseph Tomanek. 1889-1974.
Nude in a landscape by Joseph Tomanek. (c1920)
About the artist.
<Joseph Tomanek was born on April 6th 1889 in Straznice, Czechoslovakia. He studied art at Hynais in emigrating to America around the turn of the century and then moving to Chicago in 1910 to attend the Art Institute. He became well known for his nudes. He was a member of the Bohemian Artist Club, Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors, and the Chicago Gallery Association. He exhibited from the 1910s-40s. He died on the 31st December 1974 in Berwyn, Illonois.
Nude by a stream. c1920
Maid of the Mist. c1930
Chicago area artist, Joseph Tomanek was best known for his paintings of nude figures against lush foliage or marine backgrounds. Of the difficulty of posing nudes in Chicago, he said, In Paris you can rent little gardens studios and pose your models there in privacy. Here, if I work out of doors, I have to pose the girls in bathing suits. Take them to the forest preserves, and they complain about the mosquitos. Even on my studio roof I get no privacy. An airplane pilot spots you and swoops down to satisfy his curiosity, but at my summer home at Ogden Dunes, I have overcome these little difficulties. (Gilbert) Often he used several models for one nude painting, one for the face, another for the feet and another for the body. His favorite model was his wife, a small brunette whom he met when she modeled at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Extract taken from a biography byAskart.com
The bathing pool.
Wood Nymph.
Nymphs dancing to pans flute.
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