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Man’s Back Silhouette

Artur Grottger

Basic information

ID: Г-V-1034
Author: Artur Grottger
Name: Man’s Back Silhouette
Date of creation: c.1852
Technique: drawing
Material: paper pencil

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture

Information about author

Author: Artur Grottger
Author in the original: Artur Grottger
Artist's lifetime: 1837–1867
Country: Austrian Empire
Biography: Artur Grottger was born in 1837 in the village of Otynevychi in the Lviv region (former Ottyniowice, Eastern Galicia). He studied at the Lviv School of Painting of Jan Maszkowski and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Vienna (1852–1858). Artur Grottger is a leading representative of Polish Romanticism, as well as a painter, periodical illustrator, graphic artist, and watercolourist. He is the author of six patriotic art cycles regarding the January Uprising against the Russian occupation of Poland of 1863, portraits, and local history materials. Artur Grottger died after a severe illness in Amélie-les-Bains, France, in 1867. He was buried in the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv (field No.95).

Object description

A full length image of a man is depicted from the back. The character is dressed in a camisole with a long slit, decorated with two large buttons at the waist. On his head there is a wide-brimmed hat. One can see the edges of a large bow. The man is holding a cane in his right hand. The background is shown in light colors.

Portrayed person