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Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-289
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz
Date of creation: 1857
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper on cardboard gouache watercolour
Dimensions: 49 x 39.5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: the Dzieduszycki collection

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

On a brown background, a bust-length depiction of an older man turned in profile to the left is shown. He is depicted with long, greyish hair and a gaze directed straight ahead. The man is portrayed in a black winter coat, under which a dark brown jacket, a white shirt collar, and a black tie tied in a bow are visible.

Inscriptions

In the middle right, there is the artist's inscription: "r. F. Tepa / w Paryzu / 1857".

Portrayed person