Dimensions: 25 x 37 cm (inside the frame)
signed lower right: 'A. Piotrowski'
Inventory number on the reverse: '29499-2'
Provenance
Collection of pharmacist Eugeniusz Wolski (1898–1974), Warsaw
Collection of the heirs of Eugeniusz Wolski, Poland-Canada
Biography
From 1869, he studied at the Drawing Class in Warsaw under Wojciech Gerson. From 1875 to 1877, he studied at the Munich Academy, and from 1877 to 1879, he was a student of Jan Matejko at the Kraków School of Fine Arts. From 1885 to 1887, he traveled to Bulgaria as a correspondent and illustrator for English and French publications, documenting the Bulgarian-Serbian War. While in Bulgaria, he painted a series of works for the National Gallery in Sofia and made a name for himself as a portraitist of the aristocracy. In 1897 and 1903, he traveled to the Middle East, from where he sent reports and drawings of the Greco-Turkish War. He painted primarily genre scenes, often depicting life in the Mazovian countryside. He also painted historical works, scenes from the January Uprising, and portraits. He participated in the creation of the Berezina panorama.
