Description
Oil, cardboard; 23 x 32 cm
Signed l.d.: Oлeкca Новакiвськiй oбoдiвкa 1897
Oleksa NOWAKIWSKI (Aleksander NOWAKOWSKI)
1872 Obodiuka - 1932 Lviv
Ukrainian painter; began his painting studies in Odessa, where he studied under F.F. Klimenko in 1888-1892. He then took up studies at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under J. Unierzyski, L. Wyczółkowski, J. Fałat and T. Axentowicz, J. Stanislawski. He completed his studies in 1904, and lived in Mogile near Krakow from 1900-1913. In 1913 he moved to Lviv, invited by Metropolitan Father Andrzej Szeptycki. In 1923 he opened a painting school in his studio. He exhibited a lot - both jointly with various associations of Ukrainian and Polish artists, including in 1911 with the group "Zero", in 1912 with the Society of Polish Artists "Art", many times at TPSP in Krakow and TZSP in Warsaw, where a solo exhibition of his works was held in 1932. In the "Cracow" period, he mainly created landscapes with vivid colors and expressive painting textures. After 1913, already in Lviv, he also painted portraits, genre scenes of Hutsul life, images of heroes of Ukrainian legends, still lifes, flowers, allegorical and religious compositions.
Asking price 3000
Estimate 5000 - 6000