Dimensions: 50.5 x 76 cm
Signed and dated lower right: 'Jerzy Kossak | 1929'
auction labels on the reverse
Provenance
DESA Fine Art and Antiques, Kraków, June 2012
private collection
Desa Unicum, November 2021
private collection
Biography
Jerzy Kossak was trained from an early age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy traveled with his father to the manors of Greater Poland, where he painted portraits of the local landed gentry. Jerzy Kossak’s paintings (like those of his grandfather and father) remain highly popular to this day. The artist tackled themes close to the longings and sentiments of the Polish audience; he immortalized the myth of the Polish Legions and the victorious war against the Bolsheviks, and he also painted genre scenes depicting the hardships of the cavalry, horses, and encounters between soldiers and girls.
