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Children by the Water

Aleksander Kotsis

Basic information

ID: Ж-225
Author: Aleksander Kotsis
Name: Children by the Water
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions: 49 x 59.2 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: genre art
Provenance: Collection of Boleslaw Orzechowicz

Information about author

Author: Aleksander Kotsis
Artist's lifetime: 1836–1877
Country: Poland, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: Aleksander Kotsis (1836, Krakow – 1877, ibid.) was a Polish realist painter. He studied at the art academies of Krakow and Vienna. He painted landscapes, interiors, portraits, and genre scenes from rural life in Krakow and Pidhallia. His works are preserved in the collections of the National Museums of Poland and Ukraine.

Object description

The work depicts a scene from rural life. Three children – two older girls and a little boy – are among the green trees by a small stream. The girls are letting ducklings, which they take out of a basket, down to the water. The boy in a white shirt watches them. In the background, white cottages can be seen among the trees.

Inscriptions

In the lower left, the artist's signature: "А. К.".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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