Andrew Oles, Landscape

Watercolor on paper, 34.5 x 48 cm,
signed l.d.: AO. 1920.

Andrzej OLEŚ (1886-1952)
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, 1907-1908 in the studio of L. Wyczółkowski, and from 1911 to 1913 in the studio of S. Dębicki. At the same time he studied at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University, where he received his doctorate in 1913. From 1915 to 1917 he continued his own studies with Wojciech Weiss. At that time he received an award and a bronze medal at the annual exhibition. He made artistic trips to Vienna, Italy and Hungary. In 1936, he settled permanently in Kielce, where he worked as a provincial conservator and head of the Art Department at the provincial office in Kielce. During the occupation, he gave private lessons in drawing and painting, and from 1944 lectured on art history at courses at the secret University of Kielce. After the war, he contributed to the establishment of the Kielce branch of ZZPAP, of which he became president. Since 1932 he was a member of the Zwornik group and the Society of Graphic Artists, in addition, he was a member of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts, the Union of Polish Artists, the Society of Lovers of Karkow's Past. He participated in numerous exhibitions.