Cabinet-style card with photomechanical print, signature on lower margin and date 1.7.1902 (probably European notation - July 1, 1902) below. Born in what is today part of Prague, Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) was the son of a gardener who was an amateur violinist. He taught his sons the instrument, and it was quickly apparent Jan had real talent for it. His father arranged for him to study with professionals, and enrolled in the Prague Conservatory at age eight. By the turn of the century, he had debuted in Vienna and London, and toured the US for the first time in 1901. He was an immediate "rock star" of the day - young, attractive, talented. He even caught the attention of writers, including Carl Sandberg and Sally Benson. He appears as an object of adoration by the sisters in Benson's short stories, destined to become the film classic Meet Me in St. Louis. He was also recorded, early in the history of that medium (the American Gramophone Company was formed in 1892). He took a break in performing after the end of the first World War and 1920 to write his own violin concertos. He returned to his concert career, although slowing down a bit with age. He died in 1940. A rare portrait of an early musical legend. Condition: Pink stain over part of image. Other minor water spots and surface soil on mount.
Cabinet-style card with photomechanical print, signature on lower margin and date 1.7.1902 (probably European notation - July 1, 1902) below. Born in what is today part of Prague, Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) was the son of a gardener who was an amateur violinist. He taught his sons the instrument, and it was quickly apparent Jan had real talent for it. His father arranged for him to study with professionals, and enrolled in the Prague Conservatory at age eight. By the turn of the century, he had debuted in Vienna and London, and toured the US for the first time in 1901. He was an immediate "rock star" of the day - young, attractive, talented. He even caught the attention of writers, including Carl Sandberg and Sally Benson. He appears as an object of adoration by the sisters in Benson's short stories, destined to become the film classic Meet Me in St. Louis. He was also recorded, early in the history of that medium (the American Gramophone Company was formed in 1892). He took a break in performing after the end of the first World War and 1920 to write his own violin concertos. He returned to his concert career, although slowing down a bit with age. He died in 1940. A rare portrait of an early musical legend. Condition: Pink stain over part of image. Other minor water spots and surface soil on mount.
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