Dimensions: 36 x 29.5 cm
signed l.d.: 'J. Męcina-Krzesz'.
picture reproduced on a postcard published before 1908 by J. Czernecki, Postal and Artistic Cards Publishing House in Wieliczka
Origins
collection of Councillor Franciszek Aleksander Macharski
Agra-Art, June 2012
private collection, Poland
Literature
J. Czarnecki, Polish art on postcards - catalog, Wieliczka, n.d., cat. no. 252, il. p. 216 (titled: Portrait Study)
Kazimierz Bartoszewicz, Private collections of Cracow. Gallery of Councillor Macharski, "Rzeczpospolita", r. 5, 14.03.1924. (morning edition), no. 73, pp. 4-5.
Biography
Well-known portraitist, author of paintings with historical content and genre scenes. He studied at the Cracow SSP under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, Florian Cynk, Feliks Szynalewski and Jan Matejko (1877-84). In 1885 he went to Paris, where he studied with Jean-Paul Laurens and exhibited at the Salons. From 1894 he lived permanently in Cracow. He was a board member of the General Association of Polish Artists and the Union Internationale des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres in Paris. In 1934 he was awarded the French Legion of Honor.
