Dimensions: 29 x 20 cm
Signed medr. d.: 'B. Kopczynski' and dated and inscribed on the underside: 'Zakopane | 1905'.
described on the reverse: 'oil | Motif from Zakopane | rb. 50.' paper exhibition sticker of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland in Warsaw
Exhibited
Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland, Warsaw, 1905
Literature
Janina Wiercińska, Catalogue of works exhibited at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1860-1914, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 1969, p. 158
Report of the Committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland for the year 1905, Warsaw 1906, p. 29.
Biography
From about 1895 he studied drawing at the Museum of Crafts and Applied Arts, where he took advice from Wojciech Gerson. In 1902-05 he studied painting in Cracow with Józef Unierzyski and Teodor Axentowicz; later with Leon Wyczółkowski (semester 1911-12), Jacek Malczewski and graphics with Jan Wojnarowski. In 1906 he settled permanently in Warsaw, where he actively participated in the artistic life of the city and exhibited a lot. He belonged to the Pro Arte art association and was a member of the TZSP from 1918. The main motif of his works was historic architecture, he also painted landscapes and was involved in printmaking.
