4. Vladislav Malecki (Polish, 1836-1900)

26″ x 36″

Marsh landscape with water fowl. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, framed in gilded and gessoed carved wooden frame, overall 31 ½” x 41 ½”. Verso of canvas written “This picture the property of Mary E. Shepherd”.
Vladislav Malecki began as a stage decorator for Antonio Sacchetti (1790-1870), an Italian set designer who had come to Poland in 1835. Then, from 1852 to 1856, he attended the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he studied with Chrystian Breslauer. He received a scholarship and was able to study abroad; first at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied with Eduard Schleich. It was then that he decided to devote himself to landscapes. After graduating in 1879 he traveled extensively; working throughout Bavaria, Tyrolia and the Alps. His paintings received little recognition in Poland, although he had won several medals at exhibitions in London and Vienna during the 1870s.

Condition: Previous restorations: Canvas has been relined, two repair patches on the verso with in-painting seen under UV light to those areas on canvas front, newer varnish layer. Minor losses to frame.

Estimate $12,000-18,000. Aspire. 05/25/17