Portrait of a Boy

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-573
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Portrait of a Boy
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 11 x 9

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait

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 shows a bust-length depiction of a boy in full face. The portrayed figure is dressed in a dark frock coat. A dark yellow camisole, a white shirt, and a wide burgundy tie are visible from under the lapels. The background of the work is dark blue.

Inscriptions

In the bottom right, there is a pencil signature, repeated with a brush: "F. Teppa". At the bottom on the label in ink: "mal. Majac 8 lat / ". In pencil on the left: "№ 1821", on the right: "№ Г-І-573".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

Portrait of a Boy

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