Julius HOLZMÜLLER (1876-1932), "On the Hunt," 1918

watercolor, gouache, paper pasted on cardboard, 29 x 44.5 cm, signed l.d.: Juliusz Holzműller / 1918 Image from the collection of Henryk Bednarski (1907-1991), a prominent Lviv collector and bibliophile, author of texts on art, archaeology and architecture. In the collector's catalog no. 657.

Painter, educator. Studied decorative painting at the State Industrial School in Lviv, trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, continued his studies in Munich. He took part in the First World War. He lived successively in Cracow and Lviv. He painted and drew landscapes, battle and genre scenes, most often using the motif of horses. He perfectly mastered the technique of watercolor, sketched a lot, and many of his drawings made in ink, sepia and ink have survived.