Dimension of the Image: 58cm x 44 cm
Frame Dimension: 71cm x 58cm
Technique: Oil on canvas
Affidavits of payment issued by the Pracownie Sztuk Plastycznych in Warsaw, confirming the authorship of the painting, were affixed to the stretcher frame.
Władysław Marceli Królikiewicz (April 26, 1898 in Lviv - January 1, 1976 in Warsaw) - Polish painter, stage designer, singer and cabaret actor; Knight of the Cross of Independence, Gold Cross of Merit, Order of Virtuti Militari and Cross of Valor. Graduated from the Higher Real School and the Free Academy of Fine Arts in Lviv (1924-1930), also studied in Cracow and Vienna, a student of K. Sichulski and J. Studnicki. Participant in the Defense of Warsaw, officer in the Home Army and participant in the Warsaw Uprising. After the war, he was associated with theaters on the Coast (including in Gdynia and Szczecin), later moving to Warsaw. He performed in Warsaw's Kabaret Szpak (Hotel Bristol) and organized ballad evenings in his studio, but he considered painting to be the most important area of his work. He is buried in the Military Cemetery at Powązki. Condition as in the photos.
