Dimensions: 102 x 126 cm
signed and dated p.d.: '1892 | Sewer-Obst'
described on the reverse with number: '46125', described on the painter's loom: '391' and '46125 13', on the loom and on the frame a fragmentarily preserved paper exhibition sticker of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Lvov (?), under the sticker, on the frame a description: '(...) 343'
Origin
private collection, Germany
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
Society of Friends of Fine Arts, Lviv, 1890s (?)
Biography
Painter, draughtsman and ethnographer. In 1864-71 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He studied with professors Karl Mayer, Carl Würzinger, Karl von Blaas and Edouarde Engerth (painting), drawing - Peter Geiger, anatomy - Anton Perger, perspective - Hansen, cultural and art history - Carl von Lützow. In Vienna, he maintained collegial contacts with Arthur Grottger, who at the time also studied at the Vienna Academy in Christian Ruben's "Meisterschuli". In 1874, he returned to his native land - in Pokuttya. He settled for several years among the Hutsuls, including in Zabie on the Black Cheremosh and in Yaremcz. During this time he painted a lot of paintings with Hutsuls and Hutsul people, engaged in ethnography, and was one of the first to collect the slowly disappearing products of folk ornamentation culture. In 1883 he moved permanently to Lviv, when Ludwik Wierzbicki, vice-president of the Industrial Museum in Lviv, offered him cooperation in publishing "Patterns of Home Industry...", and in 1883-1898 he had his own studio on Sakramentki Street. The artist's works were exhibited at many exhibitions: in Lviv, Warsaw, Krakow, Kolomyja, Ternopil, Rzeszow and London. In March 1912, a monographic exhibition of 208 works by Seweryn Obst dedicated to 50 years of artistic activity was held in Lviv, organized by the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Lviv. He painted mainly scenes of Hutsul life, genre and satirical scenes and landscapes.
