Alfons Karpinski, Rosenstillleben

Alfons Karpinski, Rosenstillleben
Alfons Karpinski, Rose Still Life
White roses in a glass vase in a stately interior, low impasto painting with a dry brush incorporating the colourfulness of the painting ground, on this Anna Szlązak writes "... [in Paris after 1922 Karpiński] managed to meet Olga Boznańska. Under the influence of her painting, Karpiński's palette underwent a slight change, it became a little brighter, there were attempts to use the achievements of Impressionism, the oscillations of light and an even greater softness of painting ... [with unusual blurs that] ... give the impression of haze, mood swings or the use of the natural colour of cardboard. ... His still lifes and depictions of intimate, secluded interiors with a sumptuous chest of drawers, an elegant chair, household objects ... were appreciated. The decorative interiors also became an opportunity to display wonderful flowers: Roses, peonies, anemones, whose ephemeral nature and sublime hues the artist loved to study. Still lifes, characteristically slightly "out of focus", in a muted hue create a calm mood. Every citizen wanted Karpiński's "Flowers" on the wall. ...", oil on cardboard, c. 1930, indistinctly signed "A. Karpinski" at the bottom, painting ground slightly wavy, few scratches, minor need of restoration, framed (best.), folding dimensions approx. 62 x 67 cm. Artist's info: actually Alfons Karpiński, Polish painter, illustrator, fresco artist, satirist, stage designer and cabaret artist (1875 Rozwadów near Tarnobrzeg [today a district of Stalowa Wola] to 1961 Kraków [Cracow]), from 1885 in Jordanów, then in Wadowice and finally in Cracow, here from 1890 drawing pupil at the craftsmen's school with Józef Bogacki, 1891-96 studied at the Kraków Academy with Józef Unierzyski, Leon Wyczółkowski, Izydor Jabłoński, Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Florian Cynk, 1898-99 military service, around 1900 ran a business together with Witold Nosowski, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński and Jozef Szajkowski the Krakow cabaret "The Green Balloon", from 1903 in Munich, here further training at the art school of Anton Ažbe, 1905-07 studies at the Vienna Academy with Kasimir Pochwalski and 1908-12 at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, At the same time student at the Académie Vitti under Henri Martin and Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, went on study trips to Venice, Dresden, London and Budapest, 1911 and 1920 drawing teacher in Krakow for a time, military service and wounded in World War I, 1922 return to Paris and Paris. 1922 returned to Paris and studied again at the Académie Colarossi, 1926 studied in Italy, then worked in Krakow, from 1910 member of the Vienna Secession, member of the Polish Artists' Association, member of the Polish artists' association 'Sztuka' Krakow, 1910-27 vice-president of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Krakow, held exhibitions in Munich, Rome, The Hague, Krakow, Lemberg, Warsaw, Vienna, Brussels and New York, worked in Krakow and regularly stayed in Bronowice near Krakow , source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Saur "Bio-Bibliographisches Künstlerlexikon" and Wikipedia.