Tymon NIESIOŁOWSKI

WINTER VIEW FROM VILNA, 1940 Oil, plywood; 36 x 29 cm

On the back the author's dedication: TO THE LOVE OF JANOW BOROWSKI/ FOR THE MEMORIAL FROM THE DAYS OF SOMMON/ - TYMON/ WILNO 1 II 1940 r.

Asking price 3000

Estimate 4000 - 4500

Jan Borowski (1890 - 1966) Polish architect, conservator of monuments in Vilnius region, first provincial conservator in Gdansk (until 1951), lecturer at the University of Vilnius and Gdansk University of Technology.

Tymon NIESIOŁOWSKI

1882 Lviv - 1965 Torun

Painter, printmaker, educator; studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Stanislaw Wyspianski and Jozef Mehoffer from 1900-1905. Between 1906 and 1926 he lived in Zakopane, from where he traveled to Italy, Paris and Munich. In 1908 he was a co-founder of the "Group of Five," from 1917 he was associated with the "Formists" grouping, and from 1922 with the "Rhythm" Association. In 1926 he moved to Vilnius, where he became director of the School of Arts and Crafts, and from 1928 taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University. After the war he took over the chair of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun; from 1958 he was a member of the "Torun Group." He painted - distinguished by decorativeness of form and color - still lifes, nudes, portraits, less often landscapes. His style evolved over the years; his early works reveal clear influences from Wyspianski, his later works reveal clear inspirations from French painting, including the work of Gauguin, Picasso and Matisse. In the paintings of his mature period, he often used flat patches of color, edged with strongly outlined contours. The artist was also involved in printmaking.