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31: 256:), published in 1929, is considered to be the first graphic novel (or wordless novel) published by a woman. The work consists of a story about the day-to-day activities of a sheltered girl in a middle-class family, and is told entirely through woodcuts. The book was later published in an edition of 300 by the 224:
Masereel and other graphic novelists at the time were addressing issues of oppression and social injustice in their works; however, Bochořáková-Dittrichová's work was distinct, presenting the realistic and day-to-day lives of middle-class families, and also domestic issues that resembled her own life
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She died in Brno at the age 85. She remains known as one of the leading printmakers and illustrators of the Czech Republic. Her art is showcased in many collections in the Czech Republic, including the Moravian Gallery, Museum Vyskovska, the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, and the Brno City Museum.
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in Paris, as well exhibiting in Antwerp (1925), Philadelphia (1926), Zurich (1927), Buenos Aires (1928), and Vienna (1934). She was a passionate traveller and journeyed extensively throughout Europe, Russia and the United States until the outbreak of the
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Oslavanské povstání : dřevoryty : Dva cykly dřevorytů k prosincovým událostem roku 1920 na Rosicko-Oslavansku
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Bochořáková-Dittrichová's art style is resonant with the contemporary trends in a number of European authors –
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Bochořáková-Dittrichová was a founding member of the KVU Alše Brno (visual artists' group).
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Between 1924 and 1930, Bochořáková-Dittrichová had regular exhibitions at the
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Helena Bochořáková – Dittrichová a meziválečná sociální grafika na Moravě
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Mezi dvěma oceány : dojmy z cesty po Spojených státech amerických
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Journal of Modern Literature volume 6 number 2, pp. 171–195.
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Between two oceans: Impressions from a trip to the United States
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Bibliography of Helena Bochořáková Dittrichová wordless novels
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Bochořáková-Dittrichová was born in a middle-class family in
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In 1919 she began studying painting and drawing at the
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Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová – grafika: 2.-26.4.1959
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Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová – The Moravian Library
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City of Brno Entry on Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová
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Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová in her atelier, 1923
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Vyškov, Moravia
Brno
Czechoslovakia
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Vyškov
Moravia
Brno
Czechoslovakia
Czech
graphic novelist
Vyškov
Moravia
Czech Republic
Haná
Brno
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Paris
Frans Masereel
Salon des Independents
Second World War
Flemish
Frans Masereel
Paris
Käthe Kollwitz
Ernst Barlach
Frank Brangwyn
British
Charing Cross Road
London

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