Witold Pruszkowski (1846–1896)
Idyll
heliogravure, R. Paulussen, Vienna, 61 x 38.5 cm (print)
inscription lower left: "SIELANKA" - W. PRUSZKOWSKI - PINX.
inscription on the right: HELIOGRAVURE BY R. PAULUSSEN IN VIENNA
He initially studied in Paris under Tadeusz Górecki, then attended the Munich Academy (1869–1872) and at the Kraków School of Fine Arts (1872–1876), where he was a student of Jan Matejko. He painted portraits, genre scenes, and works with fairy-tale and fantastical themes drawing on folk beliefs and legends, as well as symbolic compositions inspired by the Romantic poetry of Słowacki, Krasiński, and Mickiewicz. His paintings were highlighted in a major monographic exhibition of his works organized in 1992 by the National Museum in Poznań and also shown in Warsaw and Kraków.
