Oil, cardboard; 22 x 30 cm
Signed p.d.: JPiotrowski
Asking price 1000
Estimate 1400 - 1500
Jozef PIOTROWSKI
1878 Kraków - 1944 Kraków
Painter. Legionary. Graduate of the Industrial School in Cracow. Studied at the Cracow academy from 1899-1906 under Konstanty Laszczka, Jozef Unierzyski and Leon Wyczółkowski. He participated in World War I - in the ranks of the Legions, then (conscripted) the Austrian army. In 1919-28 he served in the Polish Army. He was a member of ZZPAP and the section of Legionary Artists in the Legionaries' Union. He painted rural landscapes, views of the Plans, interiors, architectural motifs, flowers and paintings of Legion themes, especially those related to his stay in captivity during the Great War.
