T. F. Š
IMON

50 EX-LIBRIS 

 




Catalogue of Ex-libris (1910-1932)
Vaclav Rytir, Prague 1932.

 
Nr. Title
Ex-Libris

1

T.F.Šimon. 1910
Sea
Size: 7,2 x 6,3 cm.
colour etching. (image in black and white)
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3709
Novak 539
 
2 T.F.S. 1911
Size: 6 x 6 cm; 9,7 x 7 cm.
Monogram TFS
colour etching
Literature: 
T F Šimon, Ex-libris a Novorocenky, Praha, 1918
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3708
Novak 540
2-TFS..jpg (96855 bytes)
 
3 E.H.B. (Edna Boetie Hopkins). 1911
Rytir writes Boetie instead of Boies.
Edna Boies Hopkins was an American female artist (woodcuts/flowers). Born in Michigan/U.S.A. She lived and worked in Paris.
Monogram E H B in a Biedermayer frame. 
colour etching
Monogram TFS
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3684
Novak 541


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4 John Marin. 1911
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1870. Worked for four years in architects' offices, then 1893-5 as freelance architect. Became increasingly interested in sketching, and studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1899-1901 and briefly at the Art Students League, New York, 1904. Marin lived in Paris 1905-9, with trips to Holland, Belgium, Italy and England. Returned to New York in 1909for his first one-man exhibition at Stieglitz's Photo-Secession Gallery. In Europe again 1910-11, then settled permanently in the USA. Lived in Brooklyn, then New York, then in Cliffside, New Jersey, 1916-53.
Novak 542
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
5

Drawing in ink. 9,5 x 6,8 cm.

colour-woodcut

Karsavina. 1911
Tamara  Karsavina
(1885-1978)
Size: 7,4cm x 5,8cm.
Woodcut in colour and black/white.
Novak 543

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A daughter of a famous dancer, Platon Karsavin, Karsavina was educated at the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, under such teachers as Cecchetti, Christian Johansson, and Paul Gerdt, graduating in 1902. As ballerina at the Maryinsky Theatre she included in her repertoire Giselle and Odette-Odile in Swan Lake.

Karsavina is best known as the leading ballerina of Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets-Russes from its beginning in 1909 until 1922. She championed Mikhael Folkine's ideas of expressive dance and between 1909 and 1914 (paired with Nijinsky until 1913) she created the majority of famous roles in Fokine's neo-romantic repertoire, including Les Sylphides, Le Spectre de la Rose, Carnaval, Firebird, Petrushka, and Thamar. After marrying the English diplomat Henry James Bruce, Karsavina fled to London in 1918. 
 

  She was associated for many years with Great Britain's Royal Academy of Dancing, for which she organised the Teachers' Training Course and the Camargo Society, from the time it received its charter in 1936.  Her writings
include articles on technique for the journal Dancing Times, her autobiography Theater Street (1930), and the text Classical Ballet: The Flow of Movement (1962).Karsavina died on May 26, 1978, in Beaconsfield,
Buckinghamshire, England.
 
6 Robert Šimon. 1911
Brother of the artist T.F.Šimon.
Novak 544
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
7a V.Šimon ova. 1911
Vilma Šimon; the artist's wife.
Size: 6,0 x 4,7 cm. 
colour Woodcut
Novak 545
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7b
T.F.Šimon
Size: 6,0 x 4,7 cm
drawing in Ink & aquarel

T.F.Šimon
Size: 6,0 x 4,7 cm
Woodcut & red ink
 
7c
T.F.Šimon

Drawing in ink and aquarel.
Studie for an ex-libris, 
in the manner of number 7a&b.
Size of the drawing: 6,0 x 4,7 cm.
 
8 Dr. M. Štefánik. 1911
Size: 7,1 x 6,2 cm
Novak 546
 
9
Dr.M. Štefánik. 1912
Size: 5,9 x 5,7 cm.
Novak 547

(blue) no big image available
 
10 R.Šimon. 1913
Robert Šimon; the artist's brother.
Monogram RS
Size: 4,9 x 3,6 cm
Woodcut
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3707
Novak 548

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11 K.J.Obratil
Karel Jaroslav Obratil 
(*1866-Hukvaldy/Moravia)
Graphic-artist
Size: 13 x 9 cm
Etching
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3697
Novak 549

Obratil.bmp.jpg (197961 bytes)
 
12 Vilma Šimon ova. 1914
Vilma Šimon ova; the artist's wife.
Novak 550
vilmasimonova.JPG (123231 bytes)
 
13 Notarii Hejna. 1914
Notar
Novak 551 

 
14 Ferdinand Hejna. 1914
Novak 552

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15 Karel Reinwald. 1915
Castle of  Tocnik (south-west of Prague near Beroun).
Size: 11,6 x 8,6 cm
Monogram TFS
Literature: 
T.F.Šimon, Ex-libris and New-Year cards, nr. 5, 1918.
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3701
Novak 553
 
16 Artur Novak. 1915
Art(h)ur Novak (1876,Terezine (Bohemia)-1957, Prague). Bibliophil, critic and monographist. Editor of Hollar and Vitrinky.
Author of: Kronika Grafickeho T.F.Šimona; Catalogue Raisonné. Published by the Art Society Hollar 1937. 
Bundle of five books.

Size: 7,0 x 9,4 cm.
Monogram TFS
Literature:
T.F.Šimon, Ex-libris and New-Year cards, nr. 6, 1918.
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3696
Novak 554
16-Novak.bmp.jpg (145579 bytes)
 
17 B.P. 1916
B(edrich) Pertrlika. Engeneer from Kostelci nad Labem earlier from Nestemicich u Usti nad Labem, Bohemia. Collector of art. 
Flag with monogram BP
Size: 6,3 x 8,9 cm. 
Printed (brown ink) on Van Gelder paper.
Monogram TFS. 
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3698.
Novak 555
BP..JPG (140126 bytes)
 
18
Arne Novak. 1916
Dr. Arne Novak. Professor at the Masarykovy University of Brno in Moravia. 
The Castle of Prague and  the Baroque statue "Sen sv. Luitgardy".
Size: 7,1 x 10,1 cm. 
Monogram TFS. 
Literature:
Magazine "Bibliofil", Brno, 1923. (+ image)  
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3695
Novak 556
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19 Josef Hladky. 1916
Novak 557
hladky.JPG (129798 bytes)
 
20 Ellen Weisbergerova. 1917
Novak 558
ella-weissbergerova.JPG (54223 bytes)
 
21 Max Fischl. 1917
Novak 559
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
22
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Drawing in pencil by T F Šimon, 1917.

Ex-libris Arnost Prochazka (1869-1925).
Czech Author.
Novak 560

 
23 Knihovna Mestskeho Prumysloveho 
Musea V Hradci-Kralové.
Novak 561
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24 V.M. Pavlouskovi. 1918
Novak 562
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
25 Antonii Podlaha. 1918
Novak 563
podlaha1.JPG.jpg (76969 bytes)
Stadia of four drawings by T.F.Šimon.
podlaha2.JPG (76503 bytes)
Click-in
 
26
Ex-Libris, 1918. 4 x 5,5 cm.
Novak 564
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Sketch-drawing-2-1918.bmp.jpg (87618 bytes)
Drawing in pencil by Šimon (in reverse)
Sketch-drawing--TFSimon-1918.bmp.jpg (55828 bytes)
Drawing 
 Ink and pencil
 
27 V. Slavik. 1919
Novak 565
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
28 Rud. Jehlicka. 1919
Novak 566
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
29
Drawing in pencil. 11,7 x 9 cm.

Carlisle V. Hibbard 
Novak 567
 
30 Antonin Müller. 1920
Novak 568
 
31 John I. Scull. 1920
Novak 569
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32 John Irwin Scull. 1921
Bookstal in Paris; Quai Montebello at Notre Dame
Size: 11,2 x 8,9 cm.
colour aquatint
Monogram TFS
Novak 570

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Plate 1 (no colour)
 
33 Dr. Hugo Siebenschein. 1921
Hugo Siebenschein (1889-1970).
Philologist and Germanist who lived in Prague.
Novak 571
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
34 Sketch-drawing-Rudl.bmp.jpg (124562 bytes)
Drawing in ink and pencil by T.F.Šimon

Vaclav Rudl. 1922
Novak 572
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Two drawings in pencil for the ex-libris of Vaclav Rudl by T F Šimon. 
Rudl-etching.bmp.jpg (145510 bytes)
 
35
Drawing in pencil. 10,2 x 7,3 cm.

Alice Lee and Richard Myers. 1922
Novak 573
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
36 Frances and Thomas Daniels.
Novak 574
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
37 Helen and Francis Hardy. 1922
Francis (Howe) Hardy was a summer resident of Ephraim from 1930 until his death in 1960. Although he was a businessman and not a professional artist, it was his ambition to create in Door County/Wisconsin a climate of understanding and appreciation of the arts which would attract both artists and art lovers to the area. To this end he encouraged annual well presented exhibits of art work. Helen and Francis Hardy were both non-professional artists. They made significant financial contributions to cultural projects.
Novak 575
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
38 Dr. Vladimir Hoppe
Vladimir Hoppe (1882-1931)-philosopher. 
Novak 576
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
39 Adolfa Weniga. 1923
Novak 577
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40 Fredricka Boyles. 1924
Novak 578
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
41 Luisy Houzvickova. 1924
Castle Orava in Slovakia
Size: 8,5 x 6,0 cm
Etching
Literature:  B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3690
Novak 579
 
42 D.K. and C.L. Rose. 1924
Novak 580
Rose..JPG (93796 bytes)
 
43
Drawing in ink. 

Walter and Helen Gethman. 1925
T. F. Šimon made two versions of this print.
The first  (right) with the text  "Christmas Greetings Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Gethman, and  the second (left; which is the drawing for the ex-libris) with the text "Ex-libris Walter and Helen Gethman. The first version is published in the catalogue raisonné by V.Rytir.
Novak 581
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44 Dr. Rudolf Tille. 1925
Novak 582
No picture of the Ex-libris
 
45 Vaclav Mares
Novak 583
mares.JPG (100291 bytes)
 
46 Mani Patkove. 1928
Novak 584
 
47 V. Fanderlik. 1929
Novak 585
 
48 Dra O. Riegla. 1930
Size: I State 10 x 8 cm. II Sate 9,5 x 6,5 cm.
Woodcut
Novak 586
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II State
 
49 T.F.Šimon. 1932
Novak 587
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50 Ex-Libris Bez Textu
Novak 588
No picture of the Ex-libris
 



Book-Plates
:
since the 15th century, distinguished artists and their patrons have given serious attention to this art form. It represents a miniature art developed to adorn books and a convenient, individualized way for the book’s owner to be identified. The book-plate or ex-libris, is a label placed on the inside of the front cover of a book, bearing its owners name and a sign of personal identification. The words ex-libris on a book-plate translate roughly from the Latin as "from the books of" or "from the library of". Many techniques and mediums are used in creation of book-plates. Some include the woodcut, engraving on metal, silkscreen, etching or pen and ink. This, along with the fact that the work is all done in small scale, plays an important part in the execution of these works. Also, utilizing the finest in papers, with hand printing in many examples. Book-plates have been designed by artists and engravers such as Albrecht Dürer, Thomas Bewick, Paul Revere, Kate Greenaway, Aubrey Beardsley, Marc Chagall, M.C. Escher, Frantisek Šimon, Rockwell Kent, Leonard Baskin, Barry Moser, and others.
Ex-libris enthusiasts have created an international network for the purposes of attaining designs by establishing societies in forty-one countries. Every two years an International Ex Libris Congress is held in a different country inviting members of the world bookplate societies to attend. Under the auspices of the Federation International des Societes d’Amateurs d’Ex Libris (FISAE) one enjoys lectures, slide presentations, exhibitions and sufficient time is allowed for socializing and trading book-plates. In USA is the
The American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers.  

Czech Book-Plates: the modern Czech book-plate-making started around the year 1868, with the oldest book-plate for  Knight Vojtech Lanna by Josef Manes. Among the Czech book-plate makers belonged great Czech artists such as Alfons Mucha, Max Švabinský, Vojtech Preissig, Tavik Frantisek Šimon, Hugo Boettinger and Mikoláš Aleš. An article in the Moderni Revue magazin of 1897 by the poet and  first collector of bookplates, S. K. Neumann is considered to be the first trace of the organized bookplate-collecting. Since then, the great interest in book markings and collecting them, has continued. Bedřich Benes Buchlovan informs us of as many as five thousand Czech book-plates as early as in 1926. With the time going, the book-plates changed their characteristics and from the book markings of an owner of a book, it had been transformed into a collector`s object of interest. Even contemporary artists have nourished the tradition of the book-plate, for example E. Haskova, M. Houra, J. Liesler, Pavel Šimon, J. Pilecek and K. Benes. The Association of Collectors and Friends of Book-plate (Spolecnost Sberatelu a Pratel Exlibris - SSPE) founded in 1918 has contributed greatly to the promotion of book-plates and of book-plate-collecting. The Association issues a magazine quarterly called The Book Marking (Knizni Znacka).

Literature:

Bedřich Benes Buchlovan. Moderni Ceska Exlibris, 1926.
Vaclav Rytir. T. F. Šimon, ex-libris, 1932.

Johan Schwencke. Het ex-libris in Tsjechoslowakije. Amsterdam (Netherlands), Wereld-Bibliotheek Vereniging, 1956.
De grafici V.Cinybulk, M.Florian, J.Lukavsky en Pavel Šimon. Nijmegen (Netherlands), De getijdenpers, 1958.

Tsjechoslowaakse grafici. Exhibition-catalogue of bookillustrations, exlibris and stamps from Czechoslovakian artists. Tentoonstelling van boekillustraties, exlibris en postzegels uit Tsjechoslowakije. 22.03-04-05-1968, 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, Netherlands). Museum van het boek (Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum). A comprehensive private-collection of Mr. H.G.J. Schelling. Among other artists: F.Bilek, D.Bilkova, C.Bouda, J.Capek, P.Dillinger, M.Florian, F.Hudecek, O.Janacek, D.Janousek, O.Karel, B.Krs, K.Lhotak, J,Liesler, A.Mackova, A.Paderlik, V.preissig, Z.Seidl, K.Svolinsky, J.Sima, Pavel Šimon, M.Švabinský, J.Vachal, K.Vik, J.Vodrazka, J.Zrzavy.





T,F, Šimon: "Ex-libris", drawing in ink & aquarel



T.F. Šimon: "Ex-libris", woodcut & red ink.



Announcement of the publication of the Catalogue, 1932.






Ex Libris Edmund Donauer
See also Novak 1925 AP3

 


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