Zygmunt BADOWSKI, DWOREK W ZBÓJNEJ GÓRZE, 1948

Oil, cardboard; 25.5 x 37 cm
Signed l.d.: Zygmunt Badowski 94 / Zygmunt Badowski; p.d.: Zbója Góra 48
On the back stamp: III Exhibition of Works by Polish Independent Artists in Warsaw
Zbójna Góra now part of Warsaw's Wawer district. In the old days it was said that there was a certain innkeeper prowling in this area, who, by fooling his customers with strong liquors, deprived them of their lives and hid the bodies of these unfortunates in the woods. It was from these events that the name Zbójna Góra was taken.
Asking price: 2000
Estimate: 2500-3000
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Zygmunt BADOWSKI
1875 Warsaw - 1959 Warsaw
Polish painter. He began studying drawing at the Drawing Class under W. Gerson and J. Kauzik in 1891 - 93. He supplemented his artistic studies at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of W. Łuszczkiewicz and A. Daun. He also studied in Paris, at the Viti School under the direction of R. Collin. He made numerous artistic trips to Vienna, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Venice, Florence and Rome. After completing his studies, he settled permanently in Warsaw. From 1904 to 1914, he collaborated as a cartoonist with Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Illustrated Weekly). He painted scenes with symbolic meaning, portraits, landscapes and genre motifs. In portraits, he always tried to bring out expression, focusing his interest especially on the model's eyes. inquire about object