Lot 52022. ALFRED WIERUSZ KOWALSKI (POLISH 1849-1915), OIL ON CANVAS, H 29″, W 48″:Signed lower left. Depicting a man riding a hay cart pulled by team of four horses, following a coach. Cottage in distance with many figures walking towards it on muddy road. In elaborate, gilt wood and gesso frame. Estimate $75,000-150,000. DuMuchelles. 5/17/15.
Lot 43. Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski 1849-1915. THE MERRY RIDE; signed A. Wierusz-Kowalski lower right; oil on canvas; 133 by 181.5cm., 52½ by 71½in.
Provenance: Private Collection, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany (acquired from the Munich exhibition in 1909).
Exhibited: Munich, Glaspalast, Internationale Kunstausstellung im königlichen Glaspalast, 1909, no. 840. Painted circa 1890-1900. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000. Sothebys. 5/21/15.
Walka z wiatrakami. Trzeba ze spokojem i z wyrozumieniem potraktować (pseudo)ekspertów z VanHam. W końcu, nie muszą znać się na Wieruszu.
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Lot 678. WIERUSZ-KOWALSKI, ALFRED VON (‘J. Konarski’) 1849 Suwlaki – 1915 Munich
Carriage Ride. Oil on wood. 19,5 x 29cm. Signed (pseudonymously) lower right: J. Konarski. Framed. Estimate 4,000-5,000 euro. Van Ham. 5/15/15
Lot 65. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski (Polish, 1849-1915). The Wedding Party; signed ‘W Kowalski’ (lower left); oil on panel; 25 3/8 x 19 in. (64.4 x 48.2 cm.). Estimate $30,000-5,000. Christies. 4/28/15.
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 25 April 2006, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Lot 58. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski 1849 Suwalki – 1915 München Genre- u. Pferdemaler, Stud.: 1868-71 Zeichen-Kl., Warschau, bei Rafal Hadziewicz, Aleksander Kaminski und Wojciech Gerson; 1871 an der Akademie in Dresden; 1872/73 bis ca. 1874 in München, bei Alexander von Wagner und Józef Brandt. “Lustiger Streit” u. re. sign. A. Wierusz-Kowalski verso auf dem Keilrahmen mit einem alten Klebezettel der Galerie Heinemann München, Inv. Nr. 8792.Verkauft 1912 an Captain Walter Cotchett, Wien. Öl/Lwd., 44,5 x 58 cm. stimate 8,000 euro. Doebritz. 3/14/15.
Lot 16. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski, Horse & Cart in the Snow, c. 1900. Oil on panel. Poland, c. 1900
Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915) – Polish horse and animal painter. Signed lower left ‘A. Wierusz Kowalski’. Dimensions: 20.5 x 27 cm. Carriages and carts in winter landscapes are a central theme in the works of Polish artist Wierusz-Kowalski. Here he presents a horse and cart in sunset, particularly rich in detail; comparable small paintings by the artist fetch up to €23,000 at the international auction market
Polish painter Alfred Kowalski painted with fondness the subject of sleighs and carts in winter landscapes in various versions. Our small size painting, executed in oil on panel, illustrates one of these subjects. Particularly rich in detail Kowalski presents the figure of a soldier who is driving his cart through a winter landscape at sunset. He manages to visualize the dynamic of the scene especially in the movement of the horse.
Condition:
The painting is in good condition. Small color flaking on the left and top edge visible. The varnish is minimal darkened. Small touch-ups visible under UV light in the area of horse and figure, otherwise of good overall impression. The painting measures 20.5 x 27 cm.
Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1918)
Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski, with the pseudonym Jan Konarski, 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 down in Munich in 1876 and joined the Polish circle of Józef Brandt. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski favorite subjects were coach rides, teams of horses and packs of wolves. His main work is the colossal painting ‘Wolf Attack‘, which was exhibited in Munich in 1910 with a sensational success.
Auctionata. 3/23/15. Estimate 6,400-8,000 euro.
Proweniencja jest? Jest i to jaka stara: bo sprzedaż w w 1973 roku, tj w ubiegłym stuleciu! 40 lat to nie byle co.Koń jest? Tak koń jest i to jak namalowany. Sygnatura jest? A jakże, tylko trochę niewyraźna by każdy zobaczył to co chce zobaczyć. Trzeba to nazwać tylko szkicem do zaginionej pracy i interes się kręci.
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Lot 256. Wierusz-Kowalski, von Alfred 1849 Suwalki – 1915 München. Waldarbeiter. Signiert. Öl/Malk., 54 x 67 cm. Provenienz: Auktion Nr. 147 Weinmüller München, 1973, Kat.-Nr. 1883. Reserve 3,000 €. Dusseldorfer. 11/2/14.
Tym razem nawiedzniea doznał niemiecki Van Ham, skądinąd dość rzetelny dom aukcyjny. A może się uda?
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Lot 804. WIERUSZ-KOWALSKI, ALFRED VON (‘J. Konarski’) 1849 Suwlaki – 1915 München. Wilde Kutschfahrt. Öl auf Holz. 17,5 x 27cm. Mit Pseudonym signiert unten rechts: J. Konarski. Rahmen. Estimate 5,000 – 6,000 €. Van Ham. 11/14/14.
Kolejny ‘nawiedzony’ (niedouczony) Niemiec sprzedający mały olej Konarskiego jako Wierusza-Kowalskiego. To już chyba tak zostanie i tombak będzie tam złotem. Szkoda sił na walkę (patrz Franciszek Bujakiewicz).
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Lot 284. WIERUSZ-KOWALSKI, ALFRED VON. 1849 Suwlaki – Munich 1915 Tcherkessenwarrior on the horse Oil on canvas, mounted, 14 x 21.5 cm, lower right signed with pseudonym ‘J. Konarski’, framed. Reserve 1,400 €. Hargesheimer. Now 8, 2014
Wow factor.
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Lot 28. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski (Polish, 1849-1915). Waiting for their Master; signed ‘A. Wierusz-Kowalski’ (lower left); oil on canvas; 24½ x 39 5/8 in. (62.2 x 100.5 cm.)
Provenance, with Goupil & Cie., New York.
James W. Yelverton (1869-1950), Schenectady, New York.
By descent to the present owner. Estimate $60,000 – $80,000. Christies 27/10/14.
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