Tadeusz Cieslewski Father (1870 - 1956) Daughter Sophia by the fireplace,1966

Watercolor, paper, 30 x 21 cm in light double passe - partout, framed 42 x 32 cm. Dedication by the author: "To Zosieńka in memory of Daddy. Lazy 1944, T. Cieślewski" (Cieślewski family owned a house in Lazy Stare near Warsaw).

The work comes from the author's family.

Tadeusz Cieślewski studied at the Drawing School in Warsaw under Wojciech Gerson. In 1895-1896 he studied in Paris at the Académie Vitti and with Edmond-François Aman-Jean and Raphaël Collin. In 1900 he traveled to Italy and studied at the Academy of Rome. In 1904 he co-founded the Arts and Crafts association. From 1906 he was a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, a member and president of the Pro Arte art and painting society. He also served as president of the Association of Polish Artists. He participated in exhibitions of Polish art in 1924 in Moscow, in 1936 at the 20th Venice Biennale, and in 1939 in New York.

He spent the first post-war years in Piotrkow Trybunalski, and returned to Warsaw in 1948. He painted the cityscapes of Warsaw, less frequently landscapes, portraits and still lifes. He painted most often with watercolor, sometimes also with pastels and oil paints.

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