Wacław Dawidowski "Haystacks", Józef Makowski "Boats" - double-sided work
Description
Double-sided work, oil on cardboard, signed:
1. On the obverse: "W. Dawidowski"
2. On the reverse: "J. Makowski"
Framed: 29x40 cm ( 16x27 cm)
Wacław Dawidowski (1882 - 1962) – A Polish painter and educator. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Moscow and took lessons in the studio of Pyotr Kielin. After completing his education, he returned to Vilnius, where he became a drawing teacher; from 1924 to 1945, he taught at the State Technical School in Vilnius. He pursued his own artistic work in his spare time, and in 1924, he was awarded the Grand Silver Medal at the Exhibition of Arts and Crafts in Vilnius. During the repatriation process, he relocated to Gdańsk, where he became a lecturer at the State Institute of Fine Arts.
Makowski Józef (Toruń 1914 – 1997)– Polish painter and sculptor. In the years 1936–1939 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the studio of Tadeusz Breyer. He made sculptures and drawings (portraits). He participated in exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Florence). Józef Makowski continued his artistic activity primarily with Bydgoszcz, for which he sculpted monuments, for example, Fryderyk Chopin and Ignacy Paderewski. He was also involved in interior design. He was also a regular draftsman and graphic designer for Gazeta Pomorska. Monuments, graphics and paintings by Józef Makowski can also be found in other places in the region, in Łabiszyn, Mogilno and Chełmża.