Boleslaw Jan Czedekowski (1885 Wojniłów - 1969 Vienna), Portrait of a woman, 1911.

oil, canvas on board, 124 × 95 cm clear frame
Signed and dated l. d.: "Czedekowski B. 1911"

"Czedekowski was a master of the brush in painting women. As E. wrote in 1925. Voroniecki: "There is a veritable gamut of feminine charm, ranging from the sweet beauty of the priestesses of the hearth of the home to the dazzling lionesses of the salon and the dangerously athletic amazons of the caressing line of shapes..."
E. Woroniecki, "From Polish Exhibitions in Paris. Portraits by Mr. J. B. Czedekowski at the Knoedler gallery," in The World, 1925 No. 3, pp. 4-5
"(...) In a masterly way Czedekowski captures the luster of a woman's hair, the color of her skin, the intensity of her gaze, all that constitutes not only a woman's personality, her individuality, but also the type of beauty, the way she is, the way she sits, the arrangement of her hands. At the same time he is exquisite, never trying to achieve effects with bright colors or eccentricity of poses (...)."
H. Muszyńska-Hoffmannowa, A. Okońska, "For miles six thousand. On the painting of Boleslaw Czedekowski", Lodz 1978, p. 188.