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Peasant on a Horse / Woman's Head

Franciszek Tepa

  • Peasant on a Horse / Woman's Head 2
  • Peasant on a Horse / Woman's Head 3
Basic information
ID
Г-V-967
Author
Franciszek Tepa
Name
Peasant on a Horse / Woman's Head
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
20 x 17
Additionally
Type
graphic art
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
On one sheet, there are two drawings:
а) Peasant on a Horse.
Profile image of a peasant in a fur coat with a wide fur collar and a tall hat. He is riding a horse.
b) Woman's Head (fragment).
Sketch of a woman's head with a tied headscarf. A high collar covers her chin.
Inscriptions
On the front side at the bottom left in pencil: "1826"; cipher: "№ Г-V-967".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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