Size: 80 x 60 cm (dimensions of the frame)
Signed p.d.: 'Axentowicz'; mark of Zakład Witrażów S.G. Żeleński in Kraków
Stained glass window made according to the design of Teodor Axentowicz at the Krakow Stained Glass Works S.G. Zeleński.
Origin
collection of Wladyslaw Derdacki (1882-1951), architect and professor of Lviv Polytechnic, co-founder of Gliwice Polytechnic
collection of the heirs of Wladyslaw Derdacki, Krakow
Exhibited
XI. Exhibition of the Society of Polish Artists "Art", Society of Friends of Fine Arts, Palace of Art, Cracow, June-July 1907
Literature
Teodor Axentowicz 1859-1938, exhibition catalog, National Museum in Cracow, Silesian Museum in Katowice, Cracow 1998, p. 23 (mentioned in the text)
Catalog of the XI. Exhibition of the Society of Polish Artists "Art" in Cracow, Cracow 1907, p. 11 (mentioned group of stained glass made in the S. G. Żeleński Factory in Cracow)
compare: Catalog X. Exhibition of the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka" in Cracow, Cracow 1907, p. 17 (il. presenting a pastel)
compare: archival postcard with reproduction of pastel, published by J. Czarnecki, Wieliczka, before 1908
Biography
Teodor Axentowicz studied at the Munich academy under Gabriel von Hackl and with professors Sandor Wagner and Guyla Benczur in 1879-82. In 1883 he went to Paris, where he studied in the studio of Emil August Carolus-Duran. He made many artistic trips to Italy, London, among other places. In 1895 he took the position of professor of drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, and in 1910 became its first rector by choice. He was a co-founder of the Society of Polish Artists "Art" and a member of the Vienna "Secession". He was one of the most prominent Polish portraitists; he also painted genre and historical scenes. His favorite subjects were scenes with Hutsul motifs - character studies, customs, beliefs - painted with attention to detail, yet very freely, as well as symbolic representations.
