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Sketches of Figures

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1374
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Sketches of Figures
Country: Poland
Technique: drawing
Material: Indian ink pen paper
Dimensions: 22.3 x 17.5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: narrative art
Provenance: Collection of Lviv Museum of Ukrainian Art

Information about author

Author: Jacek Malczewski
Author in the original: Jacek Malczewski
Artist's lifetime: 1854–1929
Country: Poland
Biography: Jacek Malczewski (July 14, 1854, Radom, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire – October 8, 1929, Krakow, Republic of Poland) was an outstanding artist and one of the most prominent representatives of Polish Symbolism. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, where his teacher was Jan Matejko. The artist participated in an archeological expedition to Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Greece, which was organized by Count Karol Lanckoronski. He also visited Munich and Italy. Jacek Malczewski was one of the founders of the art union "Sztuka" ("Art"). The artist's creative heritage includes landscapes and portraiture, symbolic compositions, interpretations of religious themes, and numerous self-portraits in various images.

Object description

Two profile images of female heads transforming into a landscape and a recognizable tree trunk (birch?) are depicted on the sheet in a lively ornamental manner. The rest of the sketches are fragmentary and indistinct.

Inscriptions

At the bottom of the painting there is an inscription "Ze spuścizny Jacka Malczewskiego/Maria Malczewska/ Potwierdzam autentyczność /Wlastimil Hofman"

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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