Dimensions: 25 x 16 cm (plate impression)
signed in pencil at the bottom: 'Tymon'
Condition
Unframed work
Biography
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1900 to 1905 under J. Mehoffer, S. Wyspiański, and T. Axentowicz. In 1907–08, 1912, and 1928, he traveled to Munich, Vienna, Italy, and Paris. From 1905 onward, he lived in Zakopane, where he designed patterns for the “Kilim” studio. His early work shows the influence of Art Nouveau and the paintings of Paul Gauguin, and later also those of Paul Cézanne, Auguste Renoir, and Amedeo Modigliani. He used pure, intense colors and outlined figures and objects with distinct contours. From 1928, he was a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, and from 1945 to 1960 at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He was a member of the Podhale Art Society, the Rytm group, and the Toruń Group. He most often painted nudes in interiors, women bathing, figures from the circus and commedia dell’arte, flowers, as well as landscapes and cityscapes. He also created commissioned portraits, drew postcards, worked in printmaking and sculpture, and wrote plays, short stories, and novels.
