Dimensions: 67 x 54 cm
Signed p.d.: 'Jan Rykała' (illegible)
Origins
private collection, Warsaw
Biography
Painter and sculptor. From 1896 to 1900 he studied at the department of ornamental woodcarving at the Vocational School of Wood Industry. From 1901 to 1906 he took further studies with Konstanty Laszczka at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, later he studied in Vienna.
Rykała considered himself primarily a painter, creating almost exclusively Tatra landscapes, in which his contemporary art critics saw a strong influence of the art of Jan Stanislawski. He worked in a variety of artistic techniques: oil painting, watercolor, pastels, ink drawings. His oeuvre also includes works with motifs of Cracow and sea views. He devoted much less time to sculpture, however, in this field he achieved a very high artistic level.
He exhibited primarily in Zakopane, including with the 'Podhale Art' Society and the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts.
