Month: November 2017

Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849 – 1915)

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Lot 92. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski. Polish [1849-1915]

A SLEIGH RIDE oil on canvas 20.5 x 31 in. (52.1 x 78.7 cm) signed; titled on a plaque Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, May 29, 1980 (lot 225)

Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski grew up in the Russian part of Poland. He studied at the academies in Warsaw, Dresden and Prague. From 1873, he was taught by the Hungarian painter Alexander von Wagner at the Academy in Munich. He settled in Munich in 1876, and joined the Polish circle of Jozef Brand, at the Munich Academy. Encouraged by his teacher, he joined the Polish group of artists in Munich, eventually becoming their most prominent representative, and the best known Polish-born painter of the 19th Century Munich School. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski received innumerable awards during his lifetime for his works depicting rural life in Russian Poland. Among his favorite subjects were sleigh rides, teams of horses and packs of wolves. The winter sleigh ride, or Kulig, of which this work is an excellent example, is one of the central motifs of Polish art. It is depicted here as a fast and festive ride through the snowy, open fields of Poland on a horse-drawn sleigh. The Kulig was an event organized amongst the Polish aristocracy, where a cavalcade of horse-pulled sleighs, often beautifully decorated, travelled from one manor house to another. The event was usually accompanied by raucous singing, hooting and bonfires in the evening. Participants of the sleigh ride, often dressed in thick warm coats, would warm themselves with vodka and hearty foods. It typically ended with a large feast, held in one of the manor houses, where guest were entertained by musicians and dances.

Estimate: 50,000.00 – 70,000.00 CAD. Hodgins Art Auctions. 11/27/17 (1770000)

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Józef Brandt (1841 – 1915)

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Lot 91. Josef Von Brandt. Polish [1841-1915]

RETURN FROM THE HORSE MARKET; ca 1884 oil on canvas 35.5 x 63.75 in. (90.2 x 161.9 cm) signed; titled on a plaque; inscribed “Monachium, Warzaway” lower left Exhibited: Dresden Exhibition, 1884 (on plaque) Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, May 29, 1980 (lot 223) Josef von Brandt studied engineering at the school of J.N. Leszcynski and at the Nobleman’s Institute in Warsaw. In 1858, he travelled to Paris to further his engineering studies at the École des Ponts and Chausses, but his fellow Polish countryman, Juliusz Kossak, pursuaded him to devote himself to painting. Painters Kossak and Henryk Rodakowski were Brandt’s first art teachers in Paris and, for a time, he studied at the studio of the French Academic artist Léon Coignet. Josef von Brandt moved to Munich in 1862, opening his own studio and practicing under the tutelage of artists Karl Piloty and Franz Adam. During the following years, Munich became somewhat of a Mecca for Polish artists, and Von Brandt began to gain notoriety and financial success, establishing a school for young, mostly Polish, painters. Brandt remained in Munich for the remainder of his life and his studio became a gathering place for Polish artists. Between 1863 and 1875 over eighty Poles were enrolled in the Munich Academy. The Polish artists in Munich were a closed group and tended to keep to cultural themes: views of villages, genre scenes from the everyday life of country folk, motifs of horsemen, and glorious events from Polish history, all of which were extremely popular amongst the general public because of their picturesque qualities. They brought costumes, accessories and local sketches with them in order to create typical Polish scenes. The art historian Adolf Rosenberg wrote the following about Józef Brandt: “He creates the motifs for his genre and history pictures exclusively from the current life and history of his homeland, all of which are inspired by a typically Polish fervent patriotism. His pictures have a high ethnographic value thanks to his extensive study of Slavic types, old weapons and costumes and the melancholy landscape of his fatherland that resembles the Russian steppes…” While known for his depictions of Cossak wars and battle scenes, von Brandt was also highly skilled at depicting Polish peasant life, with horses being central to most of his compositions, as in the present work.

Estimate: 150,000.00 – 200,000.00 CAD. Hodgins Art Auctions. 11/27/17 (17220000)

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Władysław Karol Szerner (1870 – 1936)

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Lot 1367. Wladyslaw Karol Szerner(1870 Przybenice – 1936 Wosniki)

Reiter mit Bauernmädchen am Feldweg
In eine sommerliche Landschaft komponierte, von lichten Pastelltönen dominierte Szenerie. Motiv- und stiltypisches Werk Szerners, der auf lebensnah geschilderte, stimmungsvolle Darstellungen des polnischen Volks- und Landlebens mit Reitern und Kosaken in der Tradition seines Vaters Wladyslaw Szerner spezialisiert war. Der Künstler studierte ab 1888 an der Münchener Akademie bei Johann Caspar Hertich, Gabriel Hackl und Wilhelm v. Diez. Ab 1894 stellte er vielfach in Warschau, Krakau und Lemberg aus. Öl/Holztafel. R. u. sign. mit Ortsangabe München. Verso Etikett der Galerie Hans Kaul, Wiesbaden, mit Echtheitsbestätigung, dat. (19)36. 50 cm x 39 cm. Rahmen.
Oil on panel. Signed with location Munich. Gallery-label with certificate of authenticity on the reverse, dated (19)36.

Reserve 6,800 euro. Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden. 12/3/17

Otolia hr. Kraszewska (1859 – 1945)

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Lot 58. Kraszewska, Otolia (Zytomyr 1859 – München 1945)
Blossoming Roses
Oil/canvas, 67,5 x 49 cm, lo. ri. sign. Kraszewska. – Polish figure a. still life painter. K. studied in St. Petersburg as pupil of I. Aivazovskij. In the 1890s she settled in Munich where she worked for the magazin ‘Jugend’. Since 1892 she exhibited at the Munich Glaspalast, but also at the ‘Große Berliner Kunstausstellung’. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.

Opening 3,800 euro. Stahl. 12/2/17

Jan Chełmiński (1851 – 1925)

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Jan Chełmiński. Große höfische Jagdgesellschaft, 1877

Lot 21. Jan Chelminski. Große höfische Jagdgesellschaft, 1877. Oil on canvas, relined. Lower left signed, dated and inscribed “München”. 86 x 185 cm (33.8 x 72.8 in). Verso of stretcher with various numbers and an illegible inscription. PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate. Estimate: € 20,000 – 30,000 ($ 23,400 – 35,100). Ketterer. 11/24/17. Sold 92, 500 euro ($104,524)

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Jan Chelminski was born in Brzostów, Poland, in 1851 and had his first art lessons in the drawing class of Juliusz Kossak in Warsaw. In order to make a living he was working part-time as lithographer and retoucher at a photographic institute. In 1873 Chelminski relocated to Munich and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts at Alexander Strähuber and Alexander Wagner. In 1875 he was student of the acclaimed artist Josef von Brandt and a year later of Franz Adam. He was member of the Munich Artist Association from 1874 to 1883. As of around 1875 a circle of young, predominantly Polish artists formed around Josef von Brandt in Munich, the so-called Brandt-School. Apart from Jan Chelminski, other artists in the group were Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski and Franz Roubaud. Historical illustrations of Cossack and Tatar warriors, depictions of horse markets and hunting scenes contributed to the artists‘ success for many years. Scenes from Napoleon‘s campaigns also were motifs popular with the Polish painters. As of around 1870 Maksymilian Gierymski revived the historic genre of coursing scenes with rococo costumes, over the following years his painter colleagues Wierusz-Kowalski and Chelminski adopted this trend. The large-format painting of a courtly hunt with coach and a pack of hounds offered here is particularly rich in detail. Following his years in Munich, Chelminski initially went to England in 1882 and then traveled throughout Europe for some time. As of 1884 he lived in New York for several years. In 1888 and1899 he made London his home again before he relocated to Paris where he was among the founding members of the Polish Literary Society in 1910. For some years he was also the society’s vice president. Chelminski was also active as translator of Polish literature into French. In 1915 the artist settled in New York, where he died in 1925. Important works by the artist can be found at, among others, the following museums: Kunsthalle, Bremen, National Gallery of Art, Dublin, Picture Gallery, Lwiw (Ukraine), Kósciuszko Foundation, New York, Museum Narodowy, Warsaw

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Jan Chełmiński. Große höfische Jagdgesellschaft, 1877

Władysław Bakałowicz (1833 – 1903)

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Bakalowicz-Flowers

Lot 122. Ladislaus Bakalowicz

1833 – 1904

POLISH
A FLOWER MARKET AT LA MADELEINE, PARIS

signed Bakalowicz and inscribed Paris (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 by 59 3/4 in.
81.3 by 151.8 cm

Estimate $200,000-300,000. Sothebys. 11/21/17

La place de la Madeleine is named after the nineteenth century neoclassical church at the center of Paris. Since its consecration in 1845, its monumental steps have afforded one of the city’s most famous panoramas. While today La place de la Madeleine is most notable for its gourmet food shops, its famous flower market has attracted crowds since its establishment in 1832. One such flower stall, set below the massive Corinthian columns of the Madeleine, is depicted in Bakalowicz’s present work. Shelves full of various arranged bouquets and groups of vibrant potted plants draw the attention of fashionably dressed shoppers. Bakalowicz sets the scene in a low, long horizontal composition, allowing a series of vignettes to play out among the blooms: a couple’s quiet courtship at the left, the aggressive hand of a bargaining flower seller at center, and a smoking street urchin at the right. The present work has a kinship with the historical and literary paintings that first brought fame to Bakalowicz after his 1863 debut at the Paris Salon. Just as Bakalowicz had described each detail of sixteenth century lavish royal dress and the intricate social graces of courtly life with works like Henri III, His Favorites, and Bussy D’Ambrose Attending the Wedding of Saint Luc (sold in these rooms November 3, 1999, lot 90), A Flower Market at La Madeleine, Paris reveals the social norms of Paris via contemporary fashion and subtle gestures.

 

Lot sold on November 4, 2010 for $422,500 at Sothebys

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