Size: 46.5 x 67 cm (in light frame)
Signed, dated and inscribed l.d.: 'A. Kędzierskki | Łubienica 1928'
Origins
private collection, Warsaw
Biography
In 1877 he was introduced to Jozef Brandt and, as his student, spent all his summers at the painter's estate in Oronsko. For artistic studies he was sent to the Warsaw Drawing Class, where he studied painting with Aleksander Kaminski and Wojciech Gerson until 1885. With Brandt's financial assistance, he left for further studies in Munich. At the Munich academy he studied in 1886-87 and perhaps in 1888 in the studio of Nikolaus Gysis. He returned to Warsaw permanently around 1889. In 1902 he went on a tour of Europe; he visited Belgium, France, Italy, visited Vienna and Budapest, among other places. He actively participated in artistic life - he belonged to art societies: T. A. P. Sztuka, Odłam, Pro Arte and the Club of Polish Watercolorists. In 1894-96 and 1903-15 he was a member of the committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, as well as the Council of the Institute of Art Propaganda. He painted country scenes, genre scenes, landscapes, portraits and flowers. He devoted much attention and time to plein air studies. At the turn of the century, he also made polychromes for churches in Sobota, Głuchów, Mydłowie Opatowskie and the cathedral in Włocławek, as well as interior decorations for several Warsaw cafes.
