Kazimierz Pietras “Rome – street in the Albano” 1903
Description
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left "K. Pietras Rzym -ulica w Albano".
Framed: 61x51 cm (46x36 cm).
Kazimierz Pietras (Warszawa 1869 (?) – 1909 Warszawa) - Polish painter. In 1888 he studied drawing in the studio of Wojciech Gerson. In 1894 he went to painting school in in the atelier of Wilhelm Lindenschmit in Munich Academy. Pietras with his classmates went on a trip to Fiume in Italy. His protector in the years 1895-1896 was the actress Jadwiga Czaki, who sold his paintings to friends. At the end of the nineties, he went to Rome. He made scenes from street life which included architecture.