Watercolor on paper, signed lower right “B. Gęstwicki”.
Dimensions with frame: 55x65 cm (47x58 cm)
Brunon Gęstwicki (Kwidzyn 1882–1969 Toruń) was a Polish painter. After graduating from high school in Toruń, he moved to Berlin, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. From 1905 to 1919, he created satirical drawings for the publication “Lustige Bleatter” and the Paris-based magazine Mondial. After completing his studies, he settled in Toruń, where, together with his brother Feliks, he was a member of the Artists’ Brotherhood, founded in December 1920. In 1924, he became a member of the Warsaw Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, while also regularly contributing to the Toruń-based newspaper “Słowo Pomorskie.” The Gęstwicz brothers were the creators of the large-format painting *"Welcome to the Polish Army on January 18, 1920, in Toruń,"* created in 1933–1934. He also occasionally created polychrome works, including in Bydgoszcz at the townhouse of his uncle, master builder Franciszek Ciechanowski, located at 23 Świętej Trójcy Street.
