Jozef Paucz, View of the Castle Square and Sigismund's Column in Warsaw

oil, canvas, size 79 x 52 cm, signed p. d. "J. Puacz"

Jozef Paucz (1863-1927) - painter, studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow (1884-1889) and in Munich under Jozef Brandt for another two years. From 1892 he lived in Warsaw. He made his debut in 1890 at the Cracow Society of Friends of Fine Arts. After settling in Warsaw, he took part in exhibitions of the Warsaw "Zachęta", of which he was a member, and also exhibited in the salons of Aleksander Krywult and Stefan Kulikowski. He was a highly regarded painter of historical scenes and portraits, initially painted in the manner of the "Munich school." Over time, he changed both the palette and subject matter of his works, painting still lifes, landscape studies and urban views and flowers.