Mieczyslaw REYZNER

VINICJUS AND LIGIA Oil, canvas; 41 x 28 cm

Signed p.d.: Mieczyslaw Reyzner

Asking price 7500

Estimate 9000 - 10000

Mieczyslaw REYZNER

1861 Lviv - 1941 Lviv

Educated at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts; also visited Munich in 1880-86. After his studies, he returned briefly to Lviv, from where he went to Paris in 1888. He took part in the Paris World Exhibition in 1889, the official Salons (1889-1893, 1895, 1896), and sent his paintings to international exhibitions in Munich, Berlin, Lille and Vienna. In the summer he traveled to Brittany by sea, and also visited Belgium, Holland and Denmark. He returned to the country in 1896, stayed in Goluchow for nearly six months, and later settled permanently in Lviv. He traveled frequently to Hutsul, Podolia and Podhale, painting numerous landscapes. Critics emphasized both the variety of subjects taken up by the artist and the variety of stylistic conventions of his painting. He was a renowned portraitist; his idealized, "graceful female poses" were popular, but he also painted, highly regarded, realistic portraits and studies of old women. He was also fond of painting flowers.