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Pine Forest

Ludomir Benedyktowicz

Basic information

ID: Ж-1875
Author: Ludomir Benedyktowicz
Name: Pine Forest
Date of creation: 1913
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 95.5 x 147.7

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: landscape
Plot: Landscape
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Ludomir Benedyktowicz
Artist's lifetime: 1844–1926
Country: russian empire, Poland
Biography: Ludomir Ludwik Dominik Benediktowicz (born August 5, 1844, in the village of Swiniary near Siedlce, Poland – died December 14, 1926, in Lviv) was a Polish painter, poet, chess player, and participant in the January Uprising of 1863, during which he lost both hands. After a period of recovery, he began painting using a special prosthesis. He studied painting under W. Gerson and continued his education at the Warsaw Drawing Class. After receiving a scholarship, he studied at the Munich Academy from 1868 to 1872. He also studied at the Krakow School of Fine Arts under Jan Matejko. He had his studio in Krakow. From 1912, he lived and worked in Lviv. His works included paintings on the theme of the January Uprising, landscapes (mostly forest scenes), portraits, and religious and genre scenes. He worked with watercolours and gouache and was also an art historian. Benediktowicz authored several books of poetry. In 1893, he participated in the founding of the Krakow Chess Club, and from 1895, he became its honorary president. After moving to Lviv, L. Benediktowicz became an honorary member of the Lviv Chess Club "Hetman". The artist's works are held in the National Museums of Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, and Lviv.

Object description

The beauty of Benediktowicz's landscapes earned him the title of "Polish Barbizon painter". In the work from the collection, the grandeur of the pine forest is celebrated, depicted in atmospheric lighting – either at sunrise or sunset. Amid the mountains, mighty trees are shown, seemingly reaching their treetops towards the sky, adorned with light white clouds.

Inscriptions

At the bottom left, the author's signature and date: "Ludomir Benedyktowicz Lwów 1913".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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