Dimensions: 20 x 16 x 21 cm
Origin
private collection, Poland
Biography
He studied painting in Odessa (until 1908) and at the St. Petersburg Academy from 1910 to 1918. In 1920, he returned to Poland. In 1923, 1924, and 1925, he traveled to France and Italy. He painted landscapes, figural compositions, portraits, and still lifes, and worked in mural painting. From 1923 to 1929, he was a professor of decorative and monumental painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and from 1930 onward, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He was a member of the Rytm group and a co-founder of the Jednoróg Guild of Visual Artists. He painted figurative compositions inspired by the Bible and mythology, as well as genre scenes.





