Three Nudes on a Beach

JAN MATULKA, 1890-1972

In 1907, Jan Matulka came to the Bronx, New York where he had a poverty-ridden childhood with a mother who tried to raise a family by herself. From 1908 to 1917, he studied at the National Academy of Design, and in 1917, received the first Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship with which he traveled and painted in the Southwest and Florida. His work from this period showed a turning towards a more abstract style, replacing his earlier realism.

Source: Martha McWilliams Wright, Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art