Eastern Landscape. From a Journey to the East

Franciszek Tepa

  • Eastern Landscape. From a Journey to the East 2
  • Eastern Landscape. From a Journey to the East 3
Basic information
ID
Г-I-576
Author
Franciszek Tepa
Name
Eastern Landscape. From a Journey to the East
Technique
watercolour
Material
paper whatman paper watercolour
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
14.5 x 31.4
Additionally
Type
graphic art
Genre
landscape
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 landscape of a mountainous sandy coastline and the sea.
Inscriptions
On the right, there is a pencil signature: "F. Tepa". At the bottom, there is an inscription in pencil: on the left – "№ 1834", on the right – "№ Г-І-576".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery