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Sketches of Figure Compositions

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1370
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Sketches of Figure Compositions
Date of creation: 1888
Country: Poland
Technique: drawing
Material: paper pen Indian ink
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 37 x 53

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: narrative art
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

This is a sketch of human figures and indistinct objects. In the lower left corner of the sheet there is a fragmentary image of a group of figures with a central male figure dressed in long clothes and a wreath; this man threw his head back and turned it three quarters to the right. At the bottom of the sheet there is a sketch of a male figure in a hat depicted in profile.

Inscriptions

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

Sketches of Figure Compositions

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