Frederick Antoni Hayder (1905-1990), "Interior with Character".

oil, canvas, 76 x 100 cm,
signed l.d.: F. Hayder.
On the back, on the loom, a sticker of Wincenty Smolak's Cracow company with artistic paints and utensils.

Painter, draughtsman, museologist. Educated at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts under J. Mehoffer, X. Dunikowski and J. Wojnarski (1925-1933), graduating with honors. He lived in Cracow until 1935, from where he moved to Warsaw. During the Warsaw Uprising, the artist's apartment and studio were burned down. After the war, he became associated with Gliwice. The artist's pre-war work refers to the achievements of Polish Colorism, the post-war years are inspired by Cezanne and the post-cubism of Picasso and Braque.