Dimensions: 50 x 61 cm
signed lower right: 'E. Krcha'
On the reverse, paper exhibition labels from the Leon Wyczółkowski Museum in Bydgoszcz, the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków, the Union of Polish Visual Artists in Kraków, and four paper labels describing the work
Provenance
DESA Unicum, March 2012
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Posthumous exhibition, Leon Wyczółkowski Museum in Bydgoszcz, November 22, 1978 – April 5, 1979
Group exhibition, Society of Friends of the Fine Arts in Kraków, April–May 1949
Group exhibition, Union of Polish Visual Artists in Kraków, January–February 1949
Biography
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1919 to 1925 under the guidance of Teodor Axentowicz, Stanisław Kamocki, and Ignacy Pieńkowski. He then lived and worked in Paris, where his first solo exhibition took place in 1931 at Leopold Zborowski’s gallery. He was a member of the “Zwornik” Association of Visual Artists, which brought together colorist artists. He painted landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, and still lifes. His works were often inspired by Polish folklore. After the war, he taught at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Wrocław and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.
