Dimensions: 57 x 44.5 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'Podkowiński | 92'
twice described at the bottom of the composition: 'Wł. F. Jasieński'
on the reverse a pencil sketch
Source
collection of Feliks Jasieński
Antiquarian bookshop Lamus, November 2022
private collection, Warsaw
DESA Unicum, September 2023
private collection, Poland
Literature
Elżbieta Charazińska, Władysław Podkowiński, Catalogue of a monographic exhibition, Warsaw 1990, cat. no. 221, p. 215
Władysław Piątkowski, Władysław Podkowiński 1866-1895, Warsaw 1896, p. 42 (ill.).
Biography
Studied at the Warsaw Drawing Class (1883-85), and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, including in the studio of the battle painter B. P. Willewalde (in 1885-86). In 1889 he traveled with Jozef Pankiewicz to Paris, where his painting was greatly influenced by the experience of Impressionism. Later he also created symbolic compositions. Upon his return, he lived permanently in Warsaw. He painted portraits, landscapes and genre scenes. He also made illustrations for novels and magazines, including "Tygodnik Ilustrowany". He is the most important Polish impressionist next to Jozef Pankiewicz, and his work had a huge influence on Polish landscape painting, especially the compositions and colors of his paintings.
