Prokesch Władysław- Franciszek Żmurko(Contemporary Polish Painting series)[Krakow 1911].

Kraków 1911/ Published by J.Czernecki in Wieliczka/ notebook I/15x22,5cm/s.18/18 boards with color reproductions, portrait of the artist in front of the text/ booklet binding, publisher/ good+ condition, the binding is soiled, small losses and rubbing of the veneer of the spine, foxing( rust spots) on the vignette, dust on the pages

Franciszek Żmurko began studying drawing and painting with Franciszek Tepa in Lviv, and continued in 1874- 81 with Jan Matejko at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, as well as in Vienna, Rome and at the Munich Academy with A. Wagner (1878- 80). After his studies, until 1882, he lived in Cracow, later settling in Warsaw. He traveled a lot - he visited France, Germany, Holland, St. Petersburg. His works were highly regarded by critics and the public; he took part in numerous exhibitions at home (in Warsaw, Krakow, Lviv, Vilnius, Zhytomyr) and abroad, including France, Germany, Holland, England, as well as Chicago and San Francisco. The subjects of his paintings were portraits, half-acts, women's heads, antique compositions, exotic, historical, religious and symbolic scenes. He was popular mainly as a creator of nudes and sensual female portraits in warm colors.