Dimensions: 53 x 40 cm
On the reverse a study of the head and the stamps of the artist's legacy: 'ANTONI | MICHALAK | FECIT' (in oval) and below: 'WE CONFIRM AUTHENTICITY' with the signatures of Janusz and Tadeusz Michalak.
Origin
legacy of the artist
collection of the artist's family, Kazimierz Dolny
Exhibited
In the circle of Pruszkowiaks. Bolesław Cybis and friends, DESA Unicum in Warsaw, August 5-24, 2024
For heaven and earth. Antoni Michalak - painting, Lublin Museum in Lublin, January 20 - April 2, 2018
The mystical world of Antoni Michalak, Nadwiślańskie Museum in Kazimierz Dolny, May 22-August 9, 2005
Antoni Michalak (1902-1975). From his studio in Kazimierz, Nadwiślańskie Museum in Kazimierz Dolny, May-October 1995
Literature
In the circle of Pruszkowiaks. Bolesław Cybis and friends, exhibition catalog, ed. Michał Szarek, DESA Unicum in Warsaw, Warsaw 2024, p. 55 (ill.), cat. no. 10
For Heaven and Earth. Antoni Michalak - painting, exhibition catalog, edited by Bożena Kasperowicz, Lublin Museum in Lublin, Lublin 2018, p. 123 (il.), cat. no. 58
The Mystical World of Antoni Michalak. Catalog of the exhibition of Antoni Michalak's works 1902-1975, ed. Waldemar Odorowski, Nadwiślańskie Museum in Kazimierz Dolny, Kazimierz Dolny 2005, p. 126 (il.), cat. no. 23
Antoni Michalak (1902-1975). From his studio in Kazimierz, exhibition catalog, ed. Waldemar Odorowski, Nadwiślańskie Museum in Kazimierz Dolny, Kazimierz Dolny 1995, item 3.
Biography
"Antoni Michalak student of Milosz Kotarbinski, Konrad Krzyzanowski and Tadeusz Pruszkowski, member and one of the founders of the Brotherhood of St. Luke, formed in 1925 by the participants of the first painting plein-air in Kazimierz Dolny. The grouping was modeled on medieval painting guilds. Its purpose was not only to bring together artists professing a similar artistic ideal, but above all to provide material and organizational self-help. After forming the brotherhood, Michalak received a scholarship from the French government for a year's stay in Paris. In 1926, he toured Italy and Austria. Three years later, at the General National Exhibition in Poznań, the artist was awarded a silver medal for lifetime achievement. In 1933, he settled in Lviv. At that time he created stained glass designs for the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo.
Michalak considered one of the leading representatives of the sacred art trend in Polish painting of the 1920s. and 1930s, known as the author of large-scale religious and moralistic representations and portraits. His works are in the largest Polish museum collections (including Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz, Bydgoszcz, Torun) and in private collections."
