Alfons Karpinski (1875 Rozwadów - 1961 Kraków), Still life with roses and porcelain

oil, cardboard, 50 × 70 cm
signed Wednesday: "a.karpinski"

"The artist's fascination with the matter of flowers makes these seemingly dead on canvas colorful patches enliven and attract the eye no less than a real bouquet of fresh flowers (...). Still lifes are the best-known thematic group in Karpinski's work. It should be emphasized that through many years of studying the nature of flowers, the artist has achieved undoubted technical mastery in this field."
M. Bartoszek, "Alfons Karpiński 1875-1961," District Museum in Sandomierz, Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, 2003, p. 28.