Tadeusz CIE¦LEWSKI - father (1870-1956), Lazienki in Warsaw - View from the Theater on the Island to the Palace on the Water

drawing, pencil, paper; 24 x 34 cm (light passe-partout).
Tadeusz Jan Cieślewski (father) - painter, father of graphic artist Tadeusz Cieślewski (son). He studied at the Drawing School in Warsaw under Wojciech Gerson and his pupil Jan Kauzik. In 1895-1896 he studied in Paris at the Académie Vitti and with Edmond-François Aman-Jean and Raphaël Collin. In 1900 he traveled to Italy, here he took further painting studies at the Academy of Rome. From 1906 he was a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, a member and president of the Pro Arte art and painting society. He also served as president of the Association of Polish Artists. He participated in exhibitions of Polish art in 1924 in Moscow, in 1936 at the 20th Venice Biennale, and in 1939 in New York. He spent the first post-war years in Piotrkow Trybunalski, and returned to Warsaw in 1948. He painted the cityscapes of Warsaw, less frequently landscapes, portraits and still lifes. He created most often in watercolor technique, sometimes reaching for pastels and oil paints.
The offered work comes from the artist's family.