About Egon Adler
Egon Adler was a prolific and acclaimed Czechoslovakian -Jewish artist born on March 9, 1892 in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia. He was one of 3 brothers and 1 sister. He studied art in Berlin, Munich, and Weimar, working in Karlovy Vary and Prague. Over his lifetime, he was a graphic artist and fine art painter.
He worked at 20thCentury Fox in Prague in the 1930’s and founded his own advertising company in Berlin. He was inspired by and closely associated with the Munich Expressionists Franz Marc, August Macke and Alexej von Jawlensky and in contact with Oskar Kokoschka. In the 1950’s, Adler participated in the development of abstract expressionism in New York and was considered by some, it’s most prominent proponent.
