Gustav Pillati, CHAPEL.

18.0 x 14.0 cm - oil, cardboard signed p.d. (in pencil): G. Pilatti.

On the reverse p.g. (in pencil): Chapel I; below, sticker of TZSP in Warsaw (print, stamp, ink): 25821 Author Pillati Gustaw | Title 37) Chapel I Type of work ol | Price Ownership Date sent 26/I.

Gustaw Pillati (Warsaw 1874 - Warsaw 1931) - painter; came from a well-known family of Warsaw artists - his father Ksawery and uncle Henryk were painters, his brother Stefan was a sculptor. He began his artistic education at the Warsaw Drawing Class under Wojciech Gerson, then from 1897-1900 studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow, initially under Florian Cynk (drawing), later under Teodor Axentowicz (painting). He received three medals and several awards for his school work. In 1901 he went to Paris, where he studied at the Académie Julian. In 1908 he still studied at Simon Hollósy's private school in Munich. After returning to Poland, he settled in Warsaw. In 1920 he took part in the Polish-Bolshevik war. In 1920-1922 he taught drawing at courses at the Museum of Crafts and Applied Arts, and in 1923-1926, as a professor, he taught at the Wojciech Gerson School of Fine Arts. He was a member of TZSP, the "Pro Arte" Association and ZZPAP. He painted mainly in oil, less often in pastel or watercolor. He did a lot of pencil and crayon drawings, was involved in illustration, and was interested in sculpture. He created portraits, landscapes, architectural views, and especially genre paintings with folk themes. He was particularly fond of painting people and views from Podhale, the Tatra Mountains, the Beskids and the Hutsul region (Highland Family, The Last Bagpiper in Podhale, Woodcutter from under Babia Góra, Hutsul, View of Havran and Murun). During his studies in France, he also painted landscapes and inhabitants of Brittany (Brittany Woman Making a Stocking, Atlantic Coast). His paintings are characterized by vivid colors and, emphasized by critics, "a special ability to interpret sunlight." Beginning in 1899, he exhibited almost annually at Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery, where he was recognized with several awards, and in 1927 with a bronze medal for Highlander with a Scythe. He also exhibited at the Krywult Salon in Warsaw (1902-1905), as well as at the TPSP in Krakow and Lviv, Częstochowa, Kielce, Lublin, Lodz, Łowicz, Poznań, Vilnius, Moscow (1913). The artist's works are in the collections of numerous museums, including those in Krakow, Warsaw, Bialystok, Leszno, Olsztyn, Slupsk, Biala Podlaska.