Artur Markowicz (1872, Kraków – 1934, Kraków), Wandering Musicians, 1927

oil on cardboard
Dimensions: 32.5 x 27.5 cm
signed, dated, and inscribed lower right: 'Artur | Markowicz | Cracovie | 1927'
The work is accompanied by an envelope containing two newspaper clippings in Hebrew regarding an exhibition of Artur Markowicz’s work at the Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv (1994), which featured drawings and watercolors from the artist’s sketchbooks.

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Origin
Halberthal family collection, Tel Aviv

Biography
He studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts under Jan Matejko, among others, and subsequently at the Munich Academy and in Paris. He traveled to Italy, Vienna, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Jerusalem, where he found subjects for his paintings. He painted mainly in pastels, and less frequently in oils—landscapes, portraits, “Dutch-style” interiors, and above all, genre scenes from Kazimierz, the Jewish quarter of Kraków. Collections of Artur Markowicz’s paintings are held at the National Museum and the Historical Museum in Kraków, as well as at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. A great many of his works are in private collections in the United States and Israel.