Female Portrait

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-598
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Female Portrait
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 12.5 x 16

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: Lviv Historical Museum

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 depicts a woman of Eastern type, turned ¾ to the left. Her sad gaze is directed into the distance. The woman's figure is wrapped in a cape that covers her head. A bony left arm is visible from underneath. The reverse side depicts a man's head.

Inscriptions

In the bottom right, there is a pencil signature. On the front side at the bottom, there are pencil codes: "1829" and "№ Г-І-598".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery