Bust of an Older Man
M. Tarczynowski
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-231
- Author
- M. Tarczynowski
- Name
- Bust of an Older Man
- Date of creation
- 1888
- Country
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Culture
- Modern times
- Technique
- modeling firing
- Material
- terracotta
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 43 x 40 x 28
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture 3D
- Genre
- portraiture
- Plot
- Portrait bust
- Provenance
- the Dzieduszycki collection
Information about author
Object description
"The Bust of an Old Man", which came to the Gallery from the Dzieduszycki collection, is the work of a little-known sculptor, M. Tarczynowski, whose name is inscribed on the sculpture: "M. Tarczynowski / Lwów 1888". The figurative and plastic solution of the work is inspired by the realist trends in Lviv sculpture of 1870–1900, characterised by the careful observation of phenomena, the development of everyday life, and the accurate reproduction of details and individual features of portraits. The peculiarity of realistic sculptural intentions was the appeal to folk themes, characteristic of T. Baracz, K.-W. Ostrowski, A. Popiel, and J. Smolkowna. In M. Tarczynowski's "Bust of an Old Man", a realistic approach to creative study is evident in the careful modelling of the face, as if it had been taken out of a crowd. The fatigue of the years is reflected in the thick line of wrinkles, sunken eyes, and lifeless, anaemic lips. The detailed reproduction of the garment and hat gives the sculpture an ethnographic touch.
Inscriptions
Signed and dated on the back: "M. Tarczynowski / Lwów 1888".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
