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Three Crucifixes (a sketch)

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1369
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Three Crucifixes (a sketch)
Country: Poland
Technique: drawing
Material: paper charcoal
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 44.5 x 63

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: religious painting
Provenance: Collection of Lviv Museum of Ukrainian Art

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

On the gray and green paper there is a fragmentary image of several human figures depicted in complex perspectives against the background of a cross. To the right there is a sketch of a man with his arms outstretched and his head thrown back in a three quarters turn.

Inscriptions

At the bottom left of the painting there is an inscription "Ze spuścizny Mojego Męża Jacka Malczewskiego/Maria Malczewska/ Potwierdzam autentyczność /Wlastimil Hofman"

Three Crucifixes (a sketch)

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