Zofia STRYJEŃSKA (1891-1976), Madonna and Child

gouache, cardboard; 65 x 46 (in light of passe-partout);
Signed l. d.: Z. STRYJEŃSKA
The artist characteristically immortalized folk customs, scenes from village life or Slavic myths in her paintings and prints. She constructed the space of the sub-painting from defined, slightly geometric color patches of distinctive hues, which can be considered a transposition of her experience with Cubist painting. One of the key moments in Zofia Stryjeńska's work was when she received the grand prix in 1925 at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris. At the same time, this is a time when the art déco style was exceptionally popular and, although it is mainly associated with applied art in the broadest sense, its
formal elements can also be found in the paintings of Zofia Stryjeńska. It is worth mentioning that the artist was also involved in designing scenography, illustrations, textiles or even toys, which probably also allowed the influence of the trends of the time from different fields of art to freely permeate and gave the opportunity to
to create a unique set of features common to her work.
The offered work "Madonna and Child" is a different, slightly altered in detail, version of an analogous composition located 101 in the collection of the Tarnów District Museum.