oil on cardboard, 15x19 cm, signed lower right “A. Wojtow,” dated lower left “1916,” the painting is mounted in a decorative frame, with a description and a collector’s stamp on the reverse
Antoni Jan Wojtow, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
The work depicts an idyllic rural landscape with fields of grain in view. In this piece, Wojtow’s painting style is characterized by a free, almost sketch-like approach to the subject, which lends the composition a sense of lightness and spontaneity. The artist focused on capturing the atmosphere of the afternoon or morning, using a subdued color palette dominated by yellows, greens, and the gray of the sky.
