Theodore Centlewski, Trees with Birds

Teodor Centlewski, Trees with Birds, crayon. Signed: T.C. Dimensions: 32.5 x 24.5 cm. Unframed.
Centlewski Teodor (1893 - after 1968) shoemaker and primitive painter called the "Wąbrzeźno Nikifor". He began creating paintings with crayons at the age of 65, and exhibited his works in the window of the shoemaker's shop at what was then 14 Kolejowa St. His first exhibition at the "Jupiter" club in Bydgoszcz was warmly received by critics. He painted rural landscapes, homesteads, farm animals. In 1963, one of his drawings was exhibited at the National Show of Amateur Artists' Works in Cracow. His drawings, very colorful were at Polish and foreign exhibitions (Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland). He created more than 120 works, exclusively from memory.