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Coming of Winter (a sketch)

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Г-I-313
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Coming of Winter (a sketch)
Date of creation: 1881
Country: Poland
Technique: watercolor
Material: paper watercolor
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 44 x 28

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: mythological painting
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Jacek Malczewski
Artist's lifetime: 1854–1929
Biography: Jacek Malczewski (July 14, 1854, Radom, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire – October 8, 1929, Krakow, Republic of Poland) was an outstanding artist and one of the most prominent representatives of Polish Symbolism. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, where his teacher was Jan Matejko. The artist participated in an archeological expedition to Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Greece, which was organized by Count Karol Lanckoronski. He also visited Munich and Italy. Jacek Malczewski was one of the founders of the art union "Sztuka" ("Art"). The artist's creative heritage includes landscapes and portraiture, symbolic compositions, interpretations of religious themes, and numerous self-portraits in various images.

Object description

This is a full-length image of a gray and almost transparent figure of a woman depicted against the background of an autumn landscape with a cloudy sky and silhouettes of birds in it; she is depicted full face looking directly at the viewers. A naked male figure lies face down on the ground in front of her. A treeline is visible in the distance.

Inscriptions

At the bottom of the painting there is an inscription "Octobre 1881 pod zimy tchnieniem"

Coming of Winter (a sketch)

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