Dimensions: 31 x 22.5 cm
Inscribed and dated at the bottom: '1937 To my beloved Zosia from Wacek'
On the reverse, on the stretcher, there is an exhibition label with a description of the work: 'M.N.W. - 1969' - EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY WACŁAW WĄSOWICZ | CATALOG I - NO. 90 | PORTRAIT OF ZOFIA WĄSOWICZOWA 1937'
Provenance
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Wacław Wąsowicz (1891–1942), National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, 1969
Bibliography
Irena Jakimowicz, Wacław Wąsowicz (1891–1942), Warsaw 1969, cat. no. I/90
Biography
He studied art in Warsaw from 1909 to 1914 at the Wojciech Gerson Drawing School under Miłosz Kotarbiński and at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków under Ignacy Pieńkowski. In 1914, he was also a student of Jacek Malczewski. He traveled to France, the Netherlands, Italy, and the Balkans. He took an active part in the artistic life of interwar Warsaw. He exhibited his work frequently and also held numerous social and organizational roles within the visual arts community. He was a member of the Formists, Rytm, and Ryt groups. He also worked in woodcut, painting on ceramics and textiles, interior decoration, and design projects in the field of applied arts.
