Opis
* 27 of April 1881 – Prague, Czech Republic
+ 6 of March 1970 – Szklarska Poręba, Poland
Jan Stanisławski, Leon Wyczółkowski or Jacek Malczewski.
In the following years (1899-1902) he studied with Jean Léon Gérôme at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts.
Since 1902 he began to exhibit his works - individually.
During World War I he was in Prague and Paris. After 1920 he came back to Cracow.
The beginning of the World War II the artist spent in the palace in Pomorzany,
where stationed a Polish squadron 20 Cavalry of Lancers names of King Jan III Sobieski.
After the siege of the palace by the Soviet army at first he convicted to slavery,
and later to exile through Wołyń, Stambuł, Hajfa, Tel Awiw to Jerozolima.
In 1946 Hofman came back to Cracow, and in 1947 he moved permanently to Szklarska Poręba.
There he created to end of his life by painting portraits of tourists and inhabitants.
During that time he created also religious paintings for the parish church
in Szklarska Poręba.
painting initiated by Jacek Malczewski.
Both artists were friends until the death of Malczewski. Despite close analogies and links with the work of his friend, Hofman's paintings always have distinctive style and character.
Hofman also painted portraits, landscapes, religious, ancient, fairly-tale and fantasy scenes.
He was also the author of genre scenes from the life of mountaineers and peasants, in which he strongly emphasized the folklore and decorative costumes.
and Society of Polish Artists „Art” .
He was a co-founder of the „Group of Five” (1905) and „Group Zero” (1908).
In 1907, as a first Pole was nominated a member of the Vienna Secession Gallery.
( for the work Confession, exhibited in1906 in Warsaw Encouragement, which brought him great fame )
Many works of the artist can be seen in the museum, dedicated to his work, in Szklarska Poręba
and in the Parish Church of Corpus Christi at the Franciszkańska street.
Other works of the artist can be found in many galleries and private collections.
Author : Vlastimil Hofman
Technique : mixed, colorful autolitografia
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ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S WORK
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l.d. handwritten by pencil: 57/65 author. impression
Dimensions : 45 x 57,5 in cm / the external contour of the sheet /
33 x 45 in cm / cardboard dimension /
Maintenance condition : ideal
Framing : the work is not framed
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Object prepared for permanent exhibition.
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* all presented photographs were taken outside the atelier
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