Władysław Skoczylas (1883 Wieliczka - 1934 Warsaw), Three Highland Women on the Road, 1910-1914

Origins
Agra-Art auction house, December 2016
private collection, Poland

Literature
compare: postcard with reproduction of the painting, published by "Podhale" Publishing House, circa 1910-1914 (see Maryla Sitkowska, Władysław Skoczylas (1883-1934), Warsaw 2015, cat. no. VI. 42, s. 282)

Biography
Educated in Vienna and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Teodor Axentowicz and Leon Wyczółkowski. In Paris he studied sculpture with Antoine Bourdelle and in Leipzig, at the Academy of Graphic Arts (1912-13). Recognized as the creator of modern Polish woodcut; he also masterfully used watercolor. He exhibited together with the Formists. He was a co-founder of the Association of Artists "Rhythm". In 1922-34 he held the chair of artistic graphics at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, and from 1932 was a professor at the academy. In his work, he readily drew on folk folklore, especially often the Podhale region. Oil paintings in the oeuvre of this artist are extremely rare.