Dimensions: 82 x 63 cm
signed l.d.: 'Ebiche'
on the reverse, stamp with number: '103', framing note: '82x63' and stamp of the Presidium of the National Council with number: '184/69', framing notes on the painting's loom, and paper stickers: sticker with painting's description: 'Portrait of a wife | ol. pł. 81,0 x 64', inventory sticker of the National Museum in Poznań, Italian customs sticker and exhibition sticker of the Venice Biennale
Provenance
collection of Dr. Karol Zolich, Cracow
private collection, Germany
Exhibited
Eugeniusz Eibisch. Oil paintings, drawings, National Museum in Warsaw, May-June 1967
XXXI Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, Polish Pavilion, Venice, June 16-October 7, 1962
Literature
Eugeniusz Eibisch. Oil paintings, drawings, exhibition catalog, ed. Jerzy Zanozinski, Krystyna Jerzmanowska, Halina Piprekowa, National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 1967, p. 61, cat. no. 8 (ill. 5)
Catalogo della XXXI Espozisione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venezia 1962, p. 205, cat. no. 15 (as "Ritratto della moglie dell'artista su fondo blu," dated 1940)
Biography
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Jacek Malczewski and Wojciech Weiss. In 1922, he moved to Paris. During his stay in France he exhibited a lot, among other things: at the Paris salons Autumn and Independent. In 1939 he returned to Poland; he took the chair of drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, and from 1945 was the rector of the Academy. From 1950-19 he was a professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. After the war, he participated in many prestigious exhibitions around the world. He received a Guggenheim Museum award in 1960 During his Paris period, he painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits close to the style of Chaim Soutine. In his later years, he confirmed his affiliation with the colorist movement.
