Theodore Ziomek, Landscape

oil/board, 30 x 39 cm (light frame)
signed p.d.: 'T. Ziomek
well-known and respected Polish landscape painter, educated at the Warsaw Drawing School under the tutelage of Wojciech Gerson and Adam Badowski. He spent the years 1897 - 1901 studying painting in the studio of Leon Wyczółkowski and Jan Stanisławski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He traveled extensively, including to Italy, Crimea, Germany and Austria. Since 1905, he settled permanently in Warsaw. He actively participated in the artistic life of the city, belonging to several influential associations, including the Association of Polish Artists "Art", and the Association of Artists "Detachment". Teodor Ziomek became famous primarily for his paintings depicting the native regions of Mazovia. He also took up maritime themes, depicting the coasts of the Baltic and the Black Sea. His paintings can be admired in museum collections, including the National Museums in Warsaw and Cracow and the Maritime Museum in Gdansk, but many are in private hands.