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Head of a Girl

Stanislaw Wyspianski

  • Head of a Girl 2
  • Head of a Girl 3
Basic information
ID
Г-V-665/55а,б
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name
Head of a Girl
Date of creation
c.1892 (?)
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
14.1 x 9.3
Additionally
Type
graphic art
Genre
portraiture
Provenance
Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Information about author
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Artist's lifetime
1869–1907
Biography
Stanislaw Wyspianski was born in 1869 in Krakow. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He was a member of the Young Poland movement, and art editor of the weekly Życie (Life). Stanislaw Wyspianski is known as a playwright and poet, modernist painter, and designer. The artist died in November 1907. He was buried in Krakow.
Object description
a) This is a study of the girl’s head. The gaze is directed to the viewer’s left. The face expresses emotions of joy and dreaminess. b) This is a study of the head of a young woman with flowing shoulder-length hair. The head is tilted to the viewer’s right; the focused gaze is directed at the viewer. The defining facial features are a wide nose and full lips.
Inscriptions
а) At the bottom right there is the author monogram.

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