Rafał MALCZEWSKI

FABRYKA, ca. 1935 Watercolor, gouache, paper; 40 x 58 cm

Signed p.d.: Rafał Malczewski; above author's dedication: To Dear Hipa

Asking price 18000

Estimate 21000 - 23000

Provenance: from the collection of Krzysztof Malczewski, son of Rafał.

The dedication is addressed to the artist's daughter Zofia (Hipa).

Rafał MALCZEWSKI

1892 Kraków - 1965 Montreal

Studied agronomy, philosophy and architecture in Vienna; also attended the Academy of Fine Arts there, but owed his artistic education primarily to his father, Jacek Malczewski. From 1917 to 1939 he lived permanently in Zakopane; he was a passionate mountaineer. In 1930 he left for a six-month stay in France. In December 1939, he broke through Slovakia and Hungary to France, from where he then went to Brazil and later to the United States. In 1942 he arrived in Montreal, where he remained permanently. Beginning in 1919 he exhibited a lot; from 1934 also as a member of the "Rhythm" grouping. He painted mainly landscapes - from the Tatra Mountains, Podhale, views from small towns and factory Silesia, later also from Brazil and Canada. His paintings, are often maintained in a poetic and fairy-tale mood. He was also a writer, authoring articles on art, columns, essays and memoirs of the Tatras and Zakopane.