Dimensions: 81 x 114 cm
signed, dated and inscribed l.d.: 'JÓZEF CHEŁMOŃSKI | 1875 in Warsaw'.
historical titles: Summer Evening, Memory of Ukraine; Room in the Ukrainian Manor; Gray Hour
Condition
opinion of Tadeusz Matuszczak dated March 1, 2023
Origins
work in the collection of the Leszczynski family and its heirs from the early 20th century to the present, Komory-Warsaw
Exhibited
Exhibition of paintings by Józef Chelmonski, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Warsaw, 1890
Permanent exhibition, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Warsaw, August-December 1875
Permanent exhibition, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Warsaw, February 1875 (as "Summer evening, a recollection of Ukraine")
Literature
Tadeusz Matuszczak, Chelmoński wanted, Radziejowice 2014, p. 46, item 21.
Maria Golab, Chelmonski, Chmielowski, Witkiewicz. Studio at the Hotel Europejski in Warsaw 1874-1883, exhibition catalog, National Museum in Poznań, Poznań 2010, p. 295, item 54 and p. 293, item 48
Maciej Masłowski, Józef Chełmoński, Warsaw 1973, pp. 121-122
cf. Jerzy Sienkiewicz, Polish Drawing from Enlightenment to Young Poland, Warsaw 1970, p. nlb, cat. no. 289 (ill. erroneously described as a sketch for a historical composition by Adam Chmielowski), sketch by Józef Chelmonski for the painting "Summer Evening" within one card with drawings by different authors, National Museum in Cracow, inv. no. MNK III-r.a.-8153
Janina Wiercińska, Catalogue of works exhibited at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1860-1914, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 1969, p. 49.
Maciej Masłowski, Malarski żywot Józefa Chełmońskiego, Warsaw 1965, pp. 167, 172-173 and 250
Krystyna Czarnocka, Józef Chełmoński, Warsaw 1957, p. 38 (mentioned in the context of Henryk Struve's review)
Henryk Piątkowski, Chelmonski. (Collective exhibition of his works at the Zachęta Society). I., "Kurjer Warszawski" 1907, no. 85, p. 2 (mentioned as "Grey Hour")
Report of the Committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland for the year 1890, Warsaw 1891, p. 20.
[According to Wiktor Gomulicki], Loose pages. (A few words about Chelmonski's artistic talent due to a group exhibition of his paintings. Evening in the Botanical Garden), "Kraj" 1890, no. 23, p. 3 (mentioned as "Evening")
Wiktor Gomulicki, Józef Chełmoński. (Critical profile), "Ivy" 1890, no. 25, p. 195
Wiktor Gomulicki, Józef Chełmoński. (Critical profile), "Ivy" 1890, no. 24, p. 189
Tadeusz Dowgird, Visual Arts. Exhibition of paintings by Józef Chelmonski, "Przegląd Tygodniowy" 1890, no. 23, p. 294
Aleksander Świętochowski [Wo.], Exhibition of paintings by J. Chelmonski, "Prawda" 1890, no. 20, p. 236 (mentioned as "Evening")
Wojciech Gerson, From Painting. III. Exhibition of works by Jozef Chelmonski [at TZSP], "Echo Muzyczne, Teatralne i Artystyczne" 1890, no. 346, p. 236
Report of the Committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland for the year 1875, Warsaw 1876, p. 64.
Review of the exhibition of fine arts, "Opiekun Domowy" 1876, p. 192
Józef Wojciechowski, Report on the exhibition of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1875, no. 415, p. 377 (mentioned as "Lato")
Paintings at the Exhibition of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. In Warsaw, "Tygodnik Mód i Powieści" 1875, no. 46, p. 547
Henryk Struve, Artistic Review. Exhibition of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland. III. Genre and landscape painting, "Kłosy" 1875, no. 539, p. 285
Władysław Bartkiewicz, Artistic review, "Ivy" 1875, no. 41, p. 326
X. B., Exhibition of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. (Monthly review), "Weekly Review" 1875, no. 39, pp. 459-460 (mentioned as "Evening")
X, [From TZSP], "Kurier Warszawski" 1875, no. 174, p. 1
Biography
In 1867-71 he studied painting at the Drawing Class and at Wojciech Gerson's private studio in Warsaw. In 1871-74 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was associated with the Polish artistic colony centered around Jozef Brandt and Maksymilian Gierymski. A formative moment for Chelmonski's work was his travels to Podolia and Ukraine (1872 and 1874-75). Until 1887 he lived in Paris, where his paintings were very popular. He then returned to Poland, settling in Kuklówka near Grodzisk Mazowiecki. He was one of the most outstanding Polish landscape painters of the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He painted realistic and atmospheric in character landscapes and genre scenes inspired by Mazovian or borderland nature. Chelmonski's paintings are in the most important public collections in Poland, as well as European and American private collections.
