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Sketch of a Portrait of a Mother with a Child

Franciszek Tepa

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Basic information
ID
Г-V-966
Author
Franciszek Tepa
Name
Sketch of a Portrait of a Mother with a Child
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
24 x 18
Additionally
Type
graphic art
Genre
portraiture
Plot
Portrait
Provenance
Lviv Historical Museum
Information about author
Author
Franciszek Tepa
Artist's lifetime
1828–1889
Country
Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography
The artist and graphic designer Franciszek Tepa was born in 1828 in Lviv. He received his initial artistic education from Jan Maszkowski. He continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Ferdinand Waldmuller and later at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Kaulbach. In the circle of Lviv romanticists during the 1840s and 1850s, influenced by French painting, the theme of the East became popular. After completing his education at the academies in Vienna and Munich, Franciszek Tepa travelled for two years through Greece, Egypt, and Palestine. His fascination with Eastern themes was expressed in paintings and watercolours. In the 1850s, the artist studied in Paris. In 1858, after returning from Paris, he settled in Lviv. He then created a series of works on everyday themes for Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki. He passed away in 1889 in Lviv.
Object description
The work shows an image of a young woman sitting and holding a child. The woman's clothing and hairstyle are from the 1840s of the 19th century.
Inscriptions
On the lower right, there is an illegible inscription in Indian ink. On the front side at the bottom in pencil: "1825" and cipher "№ Г-V-966".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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