Teodor Axentowicz (1859 Brasov/Romania - 1938 Krakow), On the Thunderbolt.

oil, canvas, 51 × 41 cm
Signed l. d.: "T.Axentowicz".

on the reverse, on the loom, a sticker of Zygmunt Ziembicki's Skład Papieru i Galanterii in Kraków

"It is interesting that this painter of the boudoir is strongly struck and attracted by the folk motif, which he treats with true love, and especially the Russian motif, shining with the play of colors, which under Axentowicz's brush mellow, lose their brightness and mottling, and become full of calm harmony of color."
A. Chołoniewski, "In Axentowicz's studio," in "World" 1906, no. 12

"Hutsul themes appeared in Axentowicz's work in the early 1880s.The artist made trips from Lviv to the Hutsul region, from where he brought back sketches and notes. (...) In the winter and autumn of 1893 and 1894, the artist, during breaks in painting Panorama Raclawicka, traveled to the vicinity of Kolomyia and Jamna, where he observed the life and customs of the Hutsul people. This is how the sketches for Axentowicz's most famous paintings were created: "Hutsul Funeral," "The Feast of the Jordan" and "Kolomyia," which he painted in his studio in Munich and Paris, and repeated many times in later years. (...)."
("Teodor Axentowicz. Polish Armenian, 19.06-21.09.2014", State Art Gallery, Sopot, pp. 48 -50 [cat. exhibition])