Aleksander MROCZKOWSKI, IN THE WINTER NIGHT BEFORE THE HOUSE, 1885

Oil, canvas; 40 x 66 cm
Signed l.d.: A. Mroczkowski / Munich 1885
On the reverse, confirmation of authorship - a statement by Stanislaw Dabrowski dated 1956.
Painting exhibited, reproduced: Hotel Bristol, Warsaw, Ostoya Auction House, Auction No. 9, 12.03.2000, item 30.
An exceptional painting in the painter's oevre. Of high artistic stature, in the Munich style. Different from the author's later, Krakow-based work.
Asking price 25000
Estimate 35000 - 40000

Aleksander MROCZKOWSKI
1850 Kraków - 1927 Stubno
Studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, including with Wł. Łuszczkiewicz and J. Matejko, and at the Munich Academy with Aleksander Wagner and Otto Seitz. In 1889, he traveled to Switzerland, Italy and France. Since 1890, he lived permanently in Cracow. He wandered around towns, villages and landed estates painting portraits and genre scenes. However, he was most fond of painting landscapes. He was particularly fond of trips to the Tatra Mountains; he painted views from various parts of the mountains, which often appeared in exhibitions.