Artur Markowicz, OVER THE COAL, 1911

50,8 x 67,0cm - pastel, paper pasted on cardboard signed l.d.: Artur Markowicz | Holland | 1911

On the reverse a central sticker (print, ink, stamp): TOWARZYSTWO PRZYJACIÓŁ SZTUK PIĘKNYCH W KRAKOWIE | 1912 | No. 1258 | Author Markowicz Artur | Work p.t. Over the cradle | Type of pastel | price 1500 kor | 14; at the top edge, a partially detached paper sticker: Exhibition in Lvov | 319 | Property of the Author | Damage [...] 1500 kor; on the p. (alt.): Above cradle | Artur Markowicz, below illegible inscription and number 319,

on the left twice (in pencil): IV.



Painting exhibited:

- Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, 1912



In 1911-1912 the artist traveled to Holland and Belgium. There he created a series of pastels with genre themes, betraying the influence of Josef Israels and Max Liebermann. Characterized by interesting color solutions, the compositions depict scenes set in fishing huts. Works from this series are in the collections of the Museum of Cracow and the National Museum in Cracow, among others.

Painter, graphic artist and draughtsman. Studied at the Cracow School of Fine Arts under Jan Matejko, among others, and then at the Munich Academy and in Paris. Permanently associated with Krakow, he traveled to Italy, Vienna, Holland, Belgium and Jerusalem finding subjects for paintings during his travels. A sensitive colorist, he painted mainly in pastels, less often in oils - landscapes, portraits, "Dutch" interiors, and above all genre scenes from the Jewish quarter of Cracow (Prayer in the Temple, Adoration of the Torah, Talmudists). There are larger collections of paintings by Artur Markowicz in the National Museum and Historical Museum in Cracow and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw; very many of his works are in private collections in the United States and Israel.