Stefan Bukowski, PORTRET KOBIETY

Oil, cardboard, 48 x 56 cm,
signed p.g.: S Bukowski.
Stefan BUKOWSKI (1878-1929)
Painter, from 1897-1902 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under F. Cynk, J. Unierzyski, L. Wyczółkowski and T. Axentowicz, continued his studies for a year at the Drawing School of W. Gerson in Warsaw, from 1902 for another five years he supplemented his studies in Munich under A. Ažbé and S. Hollósy, and then in Paris, where in 1909 he won a distinction at the Salon Société des Artistes Français for a female portrait. He visited Italy. He was a member of TZSP, the Warsaw Art Society. He had two solo exhibitions in Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery. The artist painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, mainly in oil, from 1922 he also painted in watercolor.