Dimensions: 236 x 198 cm
Signed, dated and inscribed l.d.: 'B. Nawrocki | Warsaw 1902.'
Provenance
collection of Bolesław and Lina Nawrocki, Warsaw
collection of the heirs of the Nawrocki family, Warsaw
Exhibited
Exhibition of works by Boleslaw Nawrocki, Pabianice, 1977
Exhibition of works by Boleslaw Nawrocki, artist's house, Pabianice, 1939
Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland, Warsaw, 1909
Literature
Irena Bal, Bolesław Nawrocki [in:] Słownik Artystów Polskich i Obcych w Polsce Działających (zmarłych przed 1906r.). Painters, Sculptors, Graphic Artists, edited by K. Mikocka-Rachubowa, M. Biernacka, vol. VI, Warsaw 1998, p. 29 (mentioned)
Janina Wiercińska, Catalogue of works exhibited in the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1860-1914, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 1969, p. 246
Report of the Committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland for the year 1909, Warsaw 1910, p. 17.
Biography
He began taking drawing lessons with Wojciech Gerson at an early age. In 1895 he went to study art in Munich, where he initially studied with Stanislaw Grocholski. Later he enrolled at the Academy there. He ended up in the studio of Johann Caspar Herterich, where he spent two years. In 1897 he left for Krakow, where he still studied with Leon Wyczółkowski. However, he did not stay there for long. Later that year he went to Paris. He studied at the Académie Julian, the Académie Vitti and the Académie Colarossi. He maintained his studio on the Seine until 1907. Upon his return to Poland, he purchased the Syryczyn estate near Pabianice. He continued to travel extensively. He was also already running his own painting school.
