Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski (1875-1944), Creators of Persian carpets

Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski (1875-1944)
Makers of Persian carpets

signed pg: F.M. Wygrzywalski
ol/pl: 26x39 cm
in gilt frame: 37x50 cm

Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski, Polish painter known for painting landscapes, still lifes, portraits, nudes with oriental themes. He often painted scenes of harem interiors with beautiful odalisques. He studied painting in Munich and Paris. In 1900 he married an Italian woman, Rosa Imassa, and settled in Rome. After 1908 he returned to Poland, to Lviv. He was also involved in theatrical stage design and printmaking.