Dimensions: 70 x 48.5 cm
Signed and dated p.d.: 'Bolesław Nawrocki | 1933'.
on the reverse a fragment of another composition
Biography
Began taking drawing lessons with Wojciech Gerson at an early age. In 1895 he went to study art in Munich, where he initially studied with Stanislaw Grocholski. Later he enrolled at the Academy there. He ended up in the studio of Johann Caspar Herterich, where he spent two years. In 1897 he left for Krakow, where he still studied with Leon Wyczółkowski. However, he did not stay there for long. Later that year he went to Paris. He studied at the Académie Julian, the Académie Vitti and the Académie Colarossi. He maintained his studio on the Seine until 1907. Upon his return to Poland, he purchased the Syryczyn estate near Pabianice. He continued to travel extensively. He was also already running his own painting school.
