Marian Franciszek Słonecki (1886-1969), River Neman near Grodno

Oil on cardboard. Dimensions in st: 21.5 x 27 cm.
Signed in the lower right corner and on the back title, date and signature. Very good condition.

Marian Franciszek Słonecki (1886-1969) painter, art conservator. Born in Lviv. He studied architecture at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute, while also taking lessons from Stanislaw Batowski. In 1911 he began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studio of Jacek Malczewski. From 1914 to 1922 he served in the army. From 1924 he was an assistant at the chair of architecture at Vilnius University. In the following years he worked as a drawing teacher in Vilnius and Grodno. After the war, his greatest success was the recovery and restoration of the Veit Stoss Altarpiece from St. Mary's Basilica in Krakow.