Collection

Clover Stacking

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Ж-45
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Clover Stacking
Date of creation: 1900
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 59.8 x 100

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: symbolic art
Provenance: Collection of Ukrainian National Museum in Lviv
Exposition: Lozinski Palace

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

Three women in peasant clothes with rakes are depicted against the background of a gloomy pre-thunderstorm sky. Four men in military overcoats sit on the green grass behind them, and a black dog is to their left.

Inscriptions

At the bottom right there is an author's inscription "1900 J. Malczewski".

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