Size: 61.5 x 47.5 cm
dedication l.g.: 'To Mrs. Iza Zeleńska | in memory of her work | at the windows of Swietokrzyska | Józef Mehoffer'.
described on the reverse: 'Property of Iza Żeleńska | Krakow Al. Krasińskiego 23.' and a paper exhibition sticker
Origins
collection of Iza Zeleńska (1878-1956), gift from the artist
from the collection of Stanisław Żeleński (1905-1981) and Janina Sokołowska-Żeleńska (1900-1992), Warsaw
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, date unknown
Literature
Zbigniew Sroczynski, Zeleńskis. Pedigree. Dzieje rodu Żeleńskich z Żelanki, Warsaw 1997, p. 213 (mentioned)
Biography
He was a painter, graphic artist, decorator, stage designer and educator. He studied painting in 1887-94 at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Jan Matejko, while simultaneously studying law at the Jagiellonian University. He continued his studies at Parisian universities: Académie Julian, Académie Colarossi (under P. - J. Blanc, G. Courtois) and École des Beaux-Arts (under Léon Bonnat). After his studies in 1894-96, he alternated between the country, Paris and Switzerland. For his design of stained-glass windows for the Freiburg collegiate church, he was awarded first prize in an international competition (the stained-glass windows were completed until 1934). In 1896 he settled in Cracow, and from 1900 he was a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts. He was a member and co-founder of the Society of Polish Artists Art (1897). He painted decorative portraits, symbolic compositions, landscapes and still lifes.
