Dimensions: 31 x 22.5 cm
Inscribed and dated at the bottom: '1937 Dear Zosia from Wacek
on the reverse on the loom an exhibition sticker with a description of the work: 'M.N.W. - 1969 - EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY WACŁAW WĄSOWICZ | CATALOG I - NO. 90 | PORTRAIT OF ZOFIA WĄSOWICZ 1937'.
Provenance
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Wacław Wąsowicz (1891-1942), National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, 1969.
Literature
Irena Jakimowicz, Wacław Wąsowicz (1891-1942), Warsaw 1969, cat. no. I/90
Biography
Wąsowicz studied art in Warsaw from 1909-1914 at the Wojciech Gerson Drawing School under Milosz Kotarbiński and at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Ignacy Pienkowski. In 1914 he was also a student of Jacek Malczewski. He traveled to France, Holland and Italy, as well as the Balkans. He took an active part in the artistic life of interwar Warsaw. He exhibited a lot and also undertook numerous social and organizational functions in the community of visual artists. He belonged to the groups Formists, Rhythm and Ryt. He was also involved in woodcuts, painting on ceramics and fabrics, interior decoration and designs in the field of applied arts.
