Dimensions: 35.5 x 28 cm
Signed p.d.: 'a. Karpinski.'
On the reverse of the author's stamp: 'A. KARPIŃSKI | Krakow, ul. Floriańska 19' and description in blue crayon, two paper exhibition stickers of the Institute of Art Propaganda in Warsaw and the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Krakow, on the frame a sticker of the framing workshop
Origin
private collection, Austria
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Society of Friends of Fine Arts, Cracow, 1949 ? (as "Portrait of a Woman")
Institute of Art Propaganda, Warsaw, interwar period (as "Small Portrait")
Biography
From 1891 to 1899 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under F. Cynk, I. Jablonski, W. Luszczkiewicz and L. Wyczółkowski. He supplemented his artistic education at Ažbe's studio in Munich (1903) In 1904-1907 he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under K. Pochwalski, in Paris at the Academie Willi (1908 - 12) and in 1922 at the Academie Collarossi. He traveled to Italy, London and Budapest. He was a member of, among others, the TPSP in Cracow and the Vienna "Secession". In 1918-27 he became vice-president of TPSP in Cracow. The main themes of his works were portraits, genre scenes, urban views mainly of Munich and Paris, and still lifes with a flower motif.