Marian Kratochwil (1906-1997), 1928

pencil sketch, paper, 10.5x19.5 cm

Framed drawing. Overall dimension 21x29 cm.
Signed with date in lower left corner.

"Marian Kratochwil came from the former Eastern Borderlands. He was born in Hutsul Kosovo in 1906 in the family of a judge. In 1926, his first and only teacher, mainly drawing, was the well-known painter Stanislav Batovsky. In a short time Marian reached such a high level that, according to Batowski, he no longer needed to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. From then on he was self-taught. Initially, he directed all his attention to perfecting his pencil and pen drawing. The result of this activity was a number of albums. In them he showed not only the landscape, but also folklore with a special focus on peasants, Jews, urban and small-town plebs."