Dimensions: 15 x 22 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'St. S | 912'
on the reverse exhibition stickers, a stamp from the artist's legacy and a sticker from a company with painting materials
Origins
legacy of the artist
private collection, Poland
Biography
Studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Leopold Löffler. He continued his painting studies at the Munich academy in 1890-93 under Otto Seitz and in Ažbe's studio. He also studied in Vienna and at the art school in Breslau in 1893-96. He lived permanently in Warsaw, where he exhibited at TPSP and with the Pro Arte art grouping. In 1921 he became a professor at the newly established Wojciech Gerson School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He was also an illustrator; he collaborated with Tygodnik Ilustrowany. He painted genre scenes, views of architecture, nudes and portraits.
