Dimensions: 64 x 50 cm
signed p.d: 'Jan Cybis'
On the reverse a handwritten sticker on canvas: From the collection of | Mycielski | of Wiśniowa.
Handwritten inscription in pencil on the bottom strip of the loom: Room 5 No. 20 [word crossed out] above 13 on the radiator.
Literature
- Jan Cybis. Exhibition of Painting [catalog] ZPAP, CBWA, Warsaw February 1956, p. 16, cat. no. 10, il. nlb. 1;
- H. Blum, Cybis Jan, [entry in] Encyklopedia Współczesna, Warsaw 1957, p. 399, ill;
- A. Szpakowski, Painting of Jan Cybis, [in:] "Opolski Rocznik Muzealny", vol. 1., Opole 1963, p. 205, il. on p. 217;
- Jan Cybis. Oil paintings, watercolors, drawings. Catalog, [under the direction of J.Zanozinski compiled by. H.Piprekowa, K.Jerzmanowska, H.Kubaszewska], National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 1965, p. 20, cat. no. 38, ill. 38;
- J.Pollakówna [text], W.M.Rudzińska [biographical notes], Polish Painting. Between the Wars 1918-1939. AURIGA Oficyna Wydawnicza Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, Warsaw 1982, p. 328, cat. no. 116, il. 116;
- T. Dominik [list of works by H. Cybisowa], Jan Cybis, Warsaw 1984, p. 130, cat. no. 55;
- Jan Cybis 1897-1972, Retrospective [ed. J.Chrzanowska-Pieńkos, T. Sowińska], XII 1997 - II 1998, Zachęta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw 1997, pp. 327-328 (mentioned in the calendar).
Biography
Studied art in Wroclaw in 1920-21 at the Academy of Art and Artistic Industry under Otto Müller and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Jozef Pankiewicz. In 1921-24 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of Jozef Mehoffer, Ignacy Pienkowski and Jozef Pankiewicz. In 1923, he joined the circle of founders of the Paris Committee, derived from among Pankiewicz's students. After his studies, he stayed in Paris. He participated in exhibitions of Capists at Galerie Zak in Paris and Galerie Moos in Geneva. He worked under the influence of French Impressionism and the paintings of Cézanne and Bonnard. He was the initiator of the colorist trend in Polish painting. His work was dominated by the themes of still life, nude and landscape.
