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Eastern Scene

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-284
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Eastern Scene
Date of creation: 1885
Technique: watercolour
Material: cardboard watercolour
Dimensions: 31.5 x 39 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Provenance: the Dzieduszycki collection

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

The work depicts a seashore with palm trees and ruins on the left. In the centre of the foreground, a woman in Eastern attire is shown sitting on a stone platform, turned to the right with her legs tucked under her. In front of her, on the same platform, a boy is reclining, while on the left side, a person stands facing the sea, holding a long stick in their left hand. On the ground to the right of the platform sits an Arab with a long pipe in his right hand, and behind him on the left, near a stone, a child's head is visible. Further away from him, a man is depicted, curled up and sleeping on the ground under a cover. On the left, under the ruins, an Arab stands, and in front of him lies a camel with its head turned to the left. On the right is a female figure with a jug on her head. The sky is dark blue.

Inscriptions

At the bottom right, the artist's signature: "F. Tepa / 1885".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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