Dimensions: 154 x 227 cm
maker's mark l.d.
skid kilim; design, 1910; motif taken from a painting on glass
Origin
Kieselbach Gallery, Budapest, September 2020
private collection, Hungary
Exhibited
Collection of the National Museum in Warsaw (analogous piece)
Made in Zakopane, Dr. Tytus Chałubiński Tatra Museum, Zakopane, July 1-October 1, 2023 (analogous piece)
Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz (two analog pieces)
Literature
Similar pieces reproduced in:
The Studio, Year Book of Decorative Art, London, Paris, New York, 1914, p. 214.
Joanna Hübner-Wojciechowska, Sztuka Skalnego Podhala, Warsaw 2019, pp. 205-206
Biography
Educated in Vienna and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Teodor Axentowicz and Leon Wyczółkowski. In Paris, he studied sculpture with Antoine Bourdelle and in Leipzig, at the Academy of Graphic Arts (1912-13). Recognized as the creator of modern Polish woodcut; he also masterfully used watercolor. He exhibited together with the Formists. He was a co-founder of the Association of Artists "Rhythm". In 1922-34 he held the chair of artistic graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and from 1932 was a professor at the academy. In his work, he readily drew on folk folklore, especially often the Podhale region. Oil paintings in the oeuvre of this artist are a great rarity.