Kasper Żelechowski “The girl”
Description
Oil on cardboard, signed lower left “K.Żelechowski”.
Framed: 50x40 cm (35,5x25 cm)
Kasper Żelechowski (Klecza Dolna 1863 - 1942 Kraków) – Polish painter, photographer, diarist, poet. In the years 1879–1888 and 1893–1894 he studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the studio of Jan Matejko. In the years 1888–1890 he studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in the atelier of Karl Raupp. He painted many portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, political and social works, and compositions with elements of fantasy. He was one of the co-creators who made Tatra Mountains panorama(1895). He cooperated with cabaret „Zielony Balonik” in Kraków. After his studies he moved to Kraków. His works were presented in many exhibitions in Kraków, Lublin and Warsaw. Żelechowski was a founder of the photo studio in Kraków on the Podwale 14. For example he made portraits photos of Włodzimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer in 1892.
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