Kazimierz ALCHIMOWICZ

SELF-PORTRAIT, 1896
Watercolor, paper; 14.6 x 10 cm
Signed l.d.: K. Alc- / K. Alchimowicz / 1896
Framed
He spent his childhood in Vilnius and near Kiev, where he worked as a land estate manager. For his participation in the January Uprising, he was exiled to Verkhutorii beyond the Urals, and there he began to paint amateurishly and even made a living from selling paintings with religious themes. He did not begin to study painting properly until after his return from exile (around 1869). Initially he studied at the Warsaw Drawing Class and at Wojciech Gerson's private studio, and later - in 1873-1875 - at the Munich Academy under Alexander Wagner, where he was awarded several medals for his schoolwork. He spent the years 1876-1878 in France, painting on faience and porcelain, among other things. After returning to Poland, he settled permanently in Warsaw and from 1890 taught drawing at the private school of B.Poswikowa. He participated in many exhibitions, including the Paris Salons; he also exhibited in Ghent, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Odessa, Warsaw, Cracow and Lviv.
Asking price 3000
Estimate 3600 - 4000