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Portrait of the Father

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-130
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Portrait of the Father
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour gouache
Dimensions: 25 x 18.3 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Franciszek Tepa
Artist's lifetime: 1828–1889
Country: Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: The artist and graphic designer Franciszek Tepa was born in 1828 in Lviv. He received his initial artistic education from Jan Maszkowski. He continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Ferdinand Waldmuller and later at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Kaulbach. In the circle of Lviv romanticists during the 1840s and 1850s, influenced by French painting, the theme of the East became popular. After completing his education at the academies in Vienna and Munich, Franciszek Tepa travelled for two years through Greece, Egypt, and Palestine. His fascination with Eastern themes was expressed in paintings and watercolours. In the 1850s, the artist studied in Paris. In 1858, after returning from Paris, he settled in Lviv. He then created a series of works on everyday themes for Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki. He passed away in 1889 in Lviv.

Object description

The work is a knee-length depiction of an older man sitting in a soft armchair. He is turned three-quarters to the right. The man is depicted with fluffy dark hair, grey sideburns, a long nose, and pressed lips. The man is portrayed with arms crossed and a snuff box in his left hand. The portrayed individual is dressed in a black frock coat with a wide turned-down collar, from which a stiff white high collar and a dark bow tie in the shape of a cravat are visible.

Inscriptions

In the bottom left, there is the artist's signature in pencil: "F. Franciszek / z Lwowa".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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