Eastern Scene

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-145
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Eastern Scene
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 22 x 33

Additionally

Type: graphic art
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

A group of people is depicted around a barrel on a grey background. In the centre, turned three-quarters to the left, sits a man holding a sabre in his outstretched right hand. A woman kneeling beside him leans in and has a child in her arms. On the right is an older man turned three-quarters to the left, with his arms widely spread. He is holding a white flag. Behind them, two weeping figures and barrels on the ground are visible. In front of them lies a man face up, beside whom a woman kneels with her head resting on his chest. Behind them are figures weeping on their knees. On the left are the silhouettes of two men, one of whom has extended his left arm in front of him.

Inscriptions

In the bottom right corner of the mat, there is the artist's signature in pencil: "Franciszek Tepa".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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