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Flood

Aleksander Kotsis

Basic information

ID: Ж-125
Author: Aleksander Kotsis
Name: Flood
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: wood oil
Dimensions: 63 x 49.2 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: genre art
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

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 painting depicts Krakow during a flood. On the left, the flooded streets of the city are visible. In the foreground, a young woman in a dishevelled white shirt is leaning out of the window of an upper floor, up to her waist. Trying to attract the attention of passersby, she waves a white handkerchief above her head. Next to her, a frightened cat sits on the roof. The painting is executed in muted shades of grey and brown.

Inscriptions

In the lower right, there is an artist's signature: "A. Kotsis".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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