Size: 34 x 26 cm (in light of passe-partout)
signed, dated and inscribed p.d.: 'HENRYK UZIEMBŁO | CZORSZTYN 1934'
described on the reverse: 'June 30, 1931 | September 30, 1946 | 15th anniversary! | Wojtek - sincerely loved - Isia', below a paper sticker of Kazimierz Wojciechowski's Salon of Works of Art in Cracow
Origins
private collection, Poland
Biography
He began his education at the Industrial School in Cracow, and after four years continued it at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. In 1902, he entered Krakow's Academy of Fine Arts and studied there under Stanislaw Wyspianski and Teodor Axentowicz. He became famous as an outstanding landscape painter, strongly influenced by the art of Jan Stanislawski. The master's influence is evident in his manner of painting with thick paste, enriching the texture with impastos and building further landscape plans with synthetic brushstrokes. He painted primarily landscapes, often creating views of Krakow, as well as portraits inspired by the folklore of villages near Krakow, the Carpathian Mountains and the Hutsul region.
