Dimensions: 100 x 67 cm
signed p.d.: 'JAN ZAMOYSKI
on the reverse a paper exhibition sticker of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, signed on the painter's loom with the number: '100 68', on the frame stickers of the framing workshop
Origins
owned by the artist
purchased after an exhibition at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, 1928 (buyer identified in the report by the initials M. S. Z.)
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
(I) Group exhibition of works by the group "Brotherhood of St. Luke," Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, February 4-March 1, 1928
Literature
Report of the Committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw for 1928, Warsaw 1929, p. nlb. (49)
Stefania Zahorska, Brotherhood of St. Luke, "Literary News" 1928, no. 12, p. 3 (il.).
Tadeusz Cybulski, From Exhibitions. From the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, "Tęcza" 1928, no. 8, p. 18.
Waclaw Husarski, "Brotherhood of St. Luke (Exhibition in Zachęta)," "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1928, no. 7, p. 136 (ill.)
Stanisław Piasecki, "Brotherhood of St. Luke," "Kurjer Białostocki. ABC" 1928, no. 43, p. 8
Jan Kleczynski, New "Zachęta" exhibitions. "Brotherhood of St. Luke," "Kurjer Warszawski" 1928, no. 36, pp. 17-18 (mentioned)
Catalog of the first exhibition of the Brotherhood of St. Luke, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Warsaw 1928, cat. no. 160, p. nlb. (7)
Guide No. 31 to the Exhibition of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. (I) Group exhibition of works by the group "Brotherhood of St. Luke", Warsaw 1928, cat. no. 160, p. 13
Archival photograph of the painting, 1928 (?), National Digital Archive
Biography
Jan Zamoyski is one of the most outstanding painters associated with the circle of artists centered around Tadeusz Pruszkowski. He studied in 1921-1922 at the Municipal School of Decorative Arts in Warsaw under Władysław Skoczylas and Miłosz Kotarbiński, later in 1923-1928 in the studio of Tadeusz Pruszkowski. He was a co-founder of the Brotherhood of St. Luke and its president until 1939. He participated in all the exhibitions of this group and exhibited at the Salons of the Institute of Art Propaganda and the ZAP Block in Warsaw. He also exhibited a lot abroad - in Pittsburgh, Venice, New York, Beijing. He painted genre paintings, historical scenes, religious compositions, portraits, characteristic types. Concerned with the perfection of the painting technique, following the example of the old masters, he carefully reproduced all the details of the subject, precisely modeled the likeness of a living model, combining all this skillfully with aptly chosen colors.
