Tavik František Šimon was a Czech painter, printmaker and woodcut painter was an extraordinary artist and without any doubt he is one of the greatest. Šimon's artistic work has always been very popular and in high demand.
He painted several masterpieces and created more than 650 graphic artworks of high quality.
The studio in Prague of T. François Šimon reveals the development of an artist of international repute from a colorist and impressionist to a decorative painter within twenty years.
Born in Bohemia, in the then Austrian Empire, Simon was the youngest of seven children. He showed early a talent for drawing, to the extent that his elementary school teacher recommended to his parents to send him for art education in Prague.