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Portrait of Bronislawa Malczewska, the Artist's Sister

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1371
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Portrait of Bronislawa Malczewska, the Artist's Sister
Country: Poland
Technique: drawing
Material: paper pencil
Dimensions: 22.3 x 29.6 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Collection of Lviv Museum of Ukrainian Art

Information about author

Author: Jacek Malczewski
Author in the original: Jacek Malczewski
Artist's lifetime: 1854–1929
Country: Poland
Biography: Jacek Malczewski (July 14, 1854, Radom, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire – October 8, 1929, Krakow, Republic of Poland) was an outstanding artist and one of the most prominent representatives of Polish Symbolism. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, where his teacher was Jan Matejko. The artist participated in an archeological expedition to Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Greece, which was organized by Count Karol Lanckoronski. He also visited Munich and Italy. Jacek Malczewski was one of the founders of the art union "Sztuka" ("Art"). The artist's creative heritage includes landscapes and portraiture, symbolic compositions, interpretations of religious themes, and numerous self-portraits in various images.

Object description

This is a bust-length image of an older woman; her head is shown in the left-hand profile. Her hair is smoothly combed back. The woman is depicted in glasses, and her gaze is directed downwards. This is a portrait of the artist's sister. Bronislawa Malczewska (1852–1929) was the older sister of Jacek Malczewski. It is known from the memoirs of her contemporaries that she was a quiet, hardworking, modest, and pious woman who dedicated her life to prayer and caring for relatives.

Inscriptions

At the bottom of the painting there is an inscription "Potwierdzam autentyczność /Wlastimil Hofman/Ze spuścizny Mojego Męża Jacka Malczewskiego/ Portret siostry Jacka Bronisławy Malczewskie /Maria"

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