This is post #5 in this mini series of Yule snow scenes, and today’s artist is T.F.Simon, a prolific painter and printmaker from Czechoslovakia who lived between 1877 and 1942. Today is the first time I’d ever heard of him! I just stumbled onto a website devoted to him, while looking for somebody else.
(Click on this small thumbnail to enlarge it.)
Hradcany, Prague 1929
Amazing how this monochrome work superbly expresses the feeling of cold. Brrrrr.
This second image shows the direct influences on Simon’s printmaking technique that accrued while he travelled extensively in the East.
Tori Gate, Kyoto 1928
Here’s the huge website I dropped into, and it’s packed with Simon’s work.
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ooo i love that kyoto one!
and he had another connection to a japanese way of doing things….
Thanks lotus, I’d forgotten about your post, however his work did seem vaguely familiar, but not the name.
I thought of you when I posted this.
Great ! It’s fun to see czech painter on my favourite blog, cause I’m from Czech republic (yes, it was czechoslovakia)… I really enjoy this snow series
I only have to say that it´s the first time I met Å imon´s work a little bit closer… Yes I’m shy 
@skraby, Delighted to welcome you here! If you can recommend any other painters from your homeland, please do not be shy in telling us. Happy New Year!