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Arab Man

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-47
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Arab Man
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper
Dimensions: 25 x 11.5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Franciszek Tepa
Artist's lifetime: 1828–1889
Country: Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: The artist and graphic designer Franciszek Tepa was born in 1828 in Lviv. He received his initial artistic education from Jan Maszkowski. He continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Ferdinand Waldmuller and later at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Kaulbach. In the circle of Lviv romanticists during the 1840s and 1850s, influenced by French painting, the theme of the East became popular. After completing his education at the academies in Vienna and Munich, Franciszek Tepa travelled for two years through Greece, Egypt, and Palestine. His fascination with Eastern themes was expressed in paintings and watercolours. In the 1850s, the artist studied in Paris. In 1858, after returning from Paris, he settled in Lviv. He then created a series of works on everyday themes for Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki. He passed away in 1889 in Lviv.

Object description

Against a landscape background, an Arab is depicted in a full-length view, walking and gazing into the distance, turned three-quarters to the left. The man is portrayed with a black moustache, beard, and open mouth. On his head, he is wearing a white turban. The man is dressed in a brown cloak. His right arm is extended to the side. Beneath the Arab's bare feet, the yellow ground is depicted. The sky in the artwork is rendered in blue.

Inscriptions

At the bottom is the artist's signature: "F. Tepa / Egypte".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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