Dimensions: 111 x 165.5 cm
Signed monogram p.d.: 'SWT'
on the reverse a paper sticker with printed description: 'Włodzimierz Tetmajer', on the painter's loom the stamp of the Salon of Polish Painters in Cracow described in ink, fragmentarily preserved paper exhibition sticker of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow and a sticker with the number: '1225', on the loom and on the frame numerous notes, on the frame inventory stickers
Origins
Salon of Polish Painters in Cracow, interwar period
private collection, Europe
Sotheby's, London, June 2010
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Third Exhibition of the Group of Polish Artists "Detachment," Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland, Warsaw, April-May 1910
VI Annual Exhibition. Salon 1909-1910, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland, Warsaw, December 1909-January 1910
Second Exhibition of the Union of Polish Artists "Zero," Society of Friends of Fine Arts, Krakow, 1909 (opening June 1)
Literature
Włodzimierz Tetmajer. The Power of Color and Temperament, exhibition catalog, ed. Marta Marek, Piotr Hapanowicz, Historical Museum of the City of Krakow, Krakow 2023, p. 84 (mentioned in the calendar)
Janina Wiercińska, Catalogue of works exhibited at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1850-1914, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 1969, p. 380
Archival postcard with a reproduction of an analogous composition, published by Jan Czarnecki, Wieliczka, interwar period
Jan Czarnecki, Włodzimierz Tetmajer, Cracow 1911, p. 29 (ill.)
Henryk Piątkowski, III-cia Wystawa "Odłamu", "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1910, no. 17, p. 329 (il.)
III Exhibition of the Group of Polish Artists "Odłam", exhibition catalog, Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych w Królestwie Polstwiem (Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland), Warsaw 1910, p. 19, cat. no. 124
Report of the Directorate of the Society for the Friends of the Fine Arts in Cracow on its activities for the year 1909, Cracow 1910, R. LV, p.31, cat. no. 1586
Report of the Committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland for the year 1909, Warsaw 1910, p.18.
VI Annual Exhibition. Salon 1909-1910, exhibition catalog, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland, Warsaw 1909, pp. nlb. (17), cat. no. 250
Catalog of the Second Exhibition of the "Zero" Union in Cracow in 1909, Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, Cracow 1909, p. nlb. (25, il.), cat. no. 63
Biography
He was the half-brother of the poet Kazimierz. Painter, graphic artist and poet. Graduated in philosophy and philology from Jagiellonian University. In 1882-1886 he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow with W. Łuszczkiewicz, F. Cynk and L. Löffer and in 1889-1895 with J. Matejko. He supplemented his studies in Munich from 1886 to 1889 with A. Wagner and in Paris and Vienna (with C. Griepenkerkel). In 1980 he married A. Mikolajczykówna; in 1895 he settled in Bronowice, a village near Cracow. He belonged to TAP "Art" and the "Zero" group. Since 1901, he ran a painting school for women. He painted mainly genre scenes, often depicting the folklore of Podkarpackie villages. He also created polychromes, in which he combined a folk motif with Art Nouveau styling. He also illustrated books and designed stained glass windows.
