Female Portrait

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-575
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Female Portrait
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 12.4 x 9.7

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 is a knee-length depiction of a woman wearing a pink ribbon headscarf. The head of the portrayed woman is turned ¾ to the left. The woman is wearing a grey dress in the fashion of the 1940s with a white collar. Strands of pearls are around her neck. Her hands are folded on her knees, and in her right hand, she holds a white handkerchief. On the reverse is a picture of a man.

Inscriptions

At the bottom of the label, there is an inscription in ink: "mal. Majac 15 lat /". On the left, in pencil: № "1823". On the right: "№ Г-І-575".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery