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Orpheus

Tadeusz Styka

Basic information

ID: Ж-2178
Author: Tadeusz Styka
Name: Orpheus
Date of creation: 1908
Country: Poland France
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 154 x 232

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: mythological painting
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Exposition: Lozinski Palace

Information about author

Author: Tadeusz Styka
Artist's lifetime: 1889–1954
Biography: Tadeusz Styka (April 12, 1889, Kielce, Poland – September 11, 1954, New York) was a portrait painter, and the eldest son of painter Jan Styka (1858–1925). In 1900, he moved to Paris, where he entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1929, Tadeusz Styka emigrated with his family to the United States of America. The artist's works have been exhibited in galleries in France, Poland, and the United States of America. He painted genre scenes, nudes, and animals (especially he loved depicting lions).

Object description

The singer Orpheus, a character of ancient mythology, is depicted with a harp in his hands. He is a young man with golden hair and a naked torso; there is a flying pink veil on one of his shoulders. Birds fly over his head. At the bottom of his feet there are animals, including lions, roe deer, and a panther leaning against the feet of a young man.

Inscriptions

At the bottom right there is an author's inscription "Tade. Styka Paris 1908".

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