Roman Bratkowski "Beautiful sea, seagulls"
Description
Oil on plywood, signed lower left “R. Bratkowski”, described on reverse: "Piękne morze mewy"(pl) "Beautiful sea, seagulls".
Framed: 48x63 cm (34x50 cm)
Roman Bratkowski (1869 - 1954) – Polish painter, landscapes. In the years 1888-1890 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studio of Feliks Szynalewski, Izydor Jabłoński and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz. At the Vienna Academy he studied in the atelier of Christian Griepenkerl and Alfred Eisenmenger. In 1894-1896 at private school Anton Ažbé in Munich. Until 1919 he lived in Lviv, where he was painting teacher in the Stanisław Batowski school, since 1912 he was a professor at the Free Academy of Art. He participated at the exhibitions in Lviv, Cracow and Warsaw. In the interwar years he lived in Italy, was a manager of Jan Styka Museum in Capri. He painted mainly charming landscapes with sensitive lighting.