Dimensions: 30.7 x 48.5 cm (in light of frame)
Signed l.d.: 'M. G. Wywiórski'
on the reverse a paper auction sticker
Origin
private collection, Germany
Michael Zeller auction house, Lindau, Germany, September 2008
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Michal Gorstkin Wywiórski. Between Heaven and Earth, Zamek Cultural Center in Poznań, 26.02.2004 - 21.03.2004
Literature
Maria Golab, Michal Gorstkin Wywiórski. Between Heaven and Earth, exhibition catalog, Poznań 2004, cat. no. 102, p. 89
Biography
Studied art in 1883-1887 in Munich under Karl Raupp and Nikolaus Gysis, as well as in the studios of Jozef Brandt and Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski. From 1904 he was active in Poznań, where he was a member of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts and the Society of Artists. He exhibited in Poznan, Krakow, Warsaw and Lvov, as well as in Berlin, St. Petersburg, Munich and Kiev. He collaborated on several panoramas: with Julian Fałat, Wojciech Kossak, Antoni Piotrowski and Jan Stanisławski on "Berezina"; with Jan Styka - on painting "Bem in Transylvania"; with Wojciech Kossak, Józef Ryszkiewicz and Zygmunt Rozwadowski - on composing "Battle of the Pyramids". The dominant theme in the artist's work was realistic landscapes with particular emphasis on luministic effects.
