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Portrait of Franciszek Duchinski

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-476
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Portrait of Franciszek Duchinski
Date of creation: 1861
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour chalk
Dimensions: 28 x 20.3 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
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

Against a dark background is a bust-length depiction of a middle-aged man, turned ¾ to the left, with his gaze directed straight ahead. The man is portrayed with a moustache and long, dark hair combed to the side. He is dressed in a dark jacket, under which a slightly lighter waistcoat and a white shirt with a high collar are visible, tied with a black cockade-style bow tie. Franciszek Duchinski was a historian, ethnographer, and publicist.

Inscriptions

On the left, the artist's signature: "F. Tepa / Paryz w Pazderniku 1861". At the bottom right, the inscription: «Franciszek Duchiński».

Portrayed person