Wladyslaw Chmielinski (Stachowicz), U FUKIER, before 1939

68,0 x 48,0 cm - oil, canvas
signed l.d.: Wł. Chmieliński

The painting depicts the hallway of the Fukier tenement house in the Old Town Square in Warsaw. In the past, this tenement was also known as the "Under the Ship" house, because in its hallway hung a model of a merchant sailing ship. It was even said that whoever threw a coin into it would inevitably meet good luck.
A bearded man in historical dress sits on a stone bench.

Based on archival photos and a newsreel from 1938, we can assume that this man was an attraction and a kind of advertisement at Fukier's. This also allows us to date the painting to around 1939.



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Władysław Chmieliński (Warsaw 1911 - Warsaw 1979) was a painter associated with Warsaw, where he lived and worked permanently. From 1926 to 1931 he studied at the Warsaw Municipal School of Decorative Arts and Painting (former Drawing Class). The leading subject of his paintings was urban views, painted in oil and watercolor. In 1935-1938, he created a series of watercolors depicting objects of Polish architecture; among them, views of Sandomierz, Cracow, Kazimierz on the Vistula River, as well as interiors of historic churches or palaces, including the Royal Castle in Warsaw and the Wilanów Palace. He also painted landscapes and rural genre scenes - sleigh rides, sledges, carriages, weddings, horses against a landscape background. In 1967-1969 he traveled to Denmark for extended stays. In 1936-1939 the artist also used the pseudonym "Władysław Stachowicz".