Jan RUBCZAK, WAWEL

Watercolor, paper; 69 x 48 cm
Signed p.d.: Jan Rubczak
Estimate 6000 - 7000 Auction 220, 04.03.2023
Jan RUBCZAK 1884 Stanislawow - 1942 Auschwitz
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow from 1904 to 1911 under F. Cynk and J. Pankiewicz, at the Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig and at the Academie Colarossi in Paris. He stayed in Paris from 1915 to 1923, and ran a private Free School of Painting in Cracow from 1924. Member of TAP Sztuka, co-founder of the Jednoróg Artists' Guild. He exhibited in the country, took part in the Paris Salons, represented Polish art at international exhibitions. He painted landscapes and decorative still lifes in a realistic manner, often in bright colors. He also practiced watercolor; his prints are counted among the most outstanding achievements of Polish printmaking. He took up printmaking around 1908, practicing metal techniques (etching and aquatint) and lithography. He was mainly interested in landscape and architecture.