Old Masters auctions
oil on canvas, 32 x 74 cm signed, dated, and inscribed lower right: “WTetmajer/Porto d'Anzio 93”Provenance: - Kraków, collection of Mieczysław Martyniak (1912–1994) Together with his father, he made brushes and paintbrushes by hand—Wojciech Kossak was one of their clients. The workshop, located in Zarzecze, was founded before the war by Mr. Martyniak’s father. He was also very acti...
(Other titles: Girl's Head / Study of a Girl) pastel, crayon, paper, 30.5 × 23.5 cm (inside the mat) signed with a linked monogram on the lower left: “SW 1898”Provenance: – Kraków Bronowice, collection of Prof. Dr. Wincenty Łepkowski (1866–1935), a Kraków professor of dentistry and founder of Poland’s first Institute of Dentistry at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He was ...
watercolor on paper; 53.5 x 102 cm; signed lower left: jFałat.
oil on canvas, 64 x 116 cm signed and dated lower right: "H. Lipiński 882" Reproduced in: - *Kłosy*, 1883, Vol. 37, No. 958, p. 292 (title: *Autumn Work in the Field*) Starting price: 340,000 PLN estimate: 500,000–550,000 PLNExhibited: - The Permanent Exhibition of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków, 1882, item 169 “In Autumn” - Austrian Art Society in Vienna (Oesterreichis...
oil on canvas; 115 x 87 cm Signed in the center: "A.K. Ciemniewski. 94" Exhibited: - Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, 1894/95 (according to G. C., “Biesiada Literacka,” Vol. 39, No. 2, January 11, 1895, p. 23) Described in: G. C., “Biesiada Literacka,” Vol. 39, No. 2, January 11, 1895, p. 23 Provenance: - private collection, Poland - 2007 Ostoya Auction House, 68th...
watercolor over a pencil sketch, paper; 34 x 48 cm; signed lower right: Juliusz Holzmuller.
oil on cardboard; 24 x 34 cm; signed lower left: B. Rychter-Janowska.
oil on cardboardDimensions: 36 x 49 cmsigned lower left: 'E.Erb'Inscribed on the reverse, on the frame at the bottom center: 'Erno Erb'BiographyThe artist’s date of birth is not entirely certain. Some sources cite 1890 instead of 1878. Erb lived and worked in Lviv his entire life. He also spent some time in Truskavets. He was self-taught. He mainly painted oil compositions with a rich, impas...
oil on canvasDimensions: 52 x 84 cmsigned and dated lower left: 'W. Wodzinowski | 1898'on the reverse, inscribed by the artist: 'First sketch for the painting: "Na swojską nutę" | W. Wodzinowski'BiographyOne of the so-called “Five Peasant Painters,” an informal group formed by students of Jan Matejko and the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Wodzinowski himself began his education in Wojciech...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 30 x 40 cmsigned lower right: 'B. RYCHTER-JANOWSKA'BiographySister of the painter Stanisław Janowski and wife of Tadeusz Rychter. She studied painting in Munich, at the Academy of Florence, and in Rome. She was associated with the artistic community of Kraków. In 1932, she held a solo exhibition at the Zachęta in Warsaw. The artist’s realistic paintings remain ...
oil on canvas, 55.5 × 132 cm signed and dated lower left: “Władysław Szerner/ Munich 1874”“In Brandt’s studio, we also had the unexpected pleasure of becoming acquainted with the works of Mr. Władysław Szerner. These are genre scenes, full of truth and charm; our market towns, taverns, and rest stops, happily captured from life, which would gracefully adorn any salon or collection...
pastel on paper; 69 x 48 cm (inside the frame); signed, dated, and inscribed lower left: 1936 / 9/III Witkacy NP N[Pi] + pywko. The portrait studio “S.I. Witkiewicz” was founded by the artist in 1925. It operated according to strict regulations, offering clients several basic types of portraits, designated by letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E—ranging from smooth and realistic to exp...
oil on canvas, 45.5 x 47 cm signed and dated lower right: "Wojciech Kossak/1926"
oil on cardboardDimensions: 24.5 x 32.5 cmsigned and dated lower left: 'Wojciech Kossak | 1926'On the reverse, a handwritten confirmation of authenticity by Jerzy Kossak: ‘I hereby certify that this landscape sketch | is an original by my | late father, Wojciech Kossak | Jerzy Kossak | Kraków – April 15, 1943.’ and a DESA antiquarian stickerBiographyHe was the son and student of Juliusz...
oil on panel; 14.5 x 23.9 cm; signed and dated lower right: WKryciński 1886; on the reverse of the frame, a paper sticker from the Panorama Gallery.
oil on fiberboard, 20.5 × 33 cm signed and dated lower left: “30/VII 94. NK”
oil on canvas mounted on board; 45 x 96 cm; signed lower left: A. Setkowicz.
oil on cardboardDimensions: 29 x 49 cmsigned, inscribed, and dated lower right: 'J Malczewski | Vienna 1915'On the reverse, a stamp from the Warsaw Salon of Polish Painters’ Artworks (A. Brydulis) and a label from the framing companyBiographyFrom 1872 to 1875 and from 1877 to 1879, he studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts, under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Jan Matejko, among others, ...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 50 x 70 cmsigned lower right: 'Stefan Filipkiewicz'crossed-out ownership notes on the reverseBiographyHe studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1900 to 1908 under Florian Cynk, Józef Mehoffer, Leon Wyczółkowski, Józef Pankiewicz, and Jan Stanisławski. He exhibited at the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków and Lviv, as well as at the Society...
oil on canvas; 65 x 56 cm; signed lower left: WW; on the stretcher and on the frame, a paper label from Kazimierz Wojciechowski’s Art Salon in Kraków with handwritten information about the painting: 19.9.1931 / Prof. Wojciech Weiss / “Female Nude” / oil / 6358 (in pen). “It is widely known that Wojciech Weiss, like no other Polish artist, became famous as a painter of sensual nudes. T...
oil on canvas; 51 x 60 cm; signed and dated lower right: STAN. CZAJKOWSKI 1906.
oil on cardboard; 18.5 x 23.5 cm; signed lower left: Iw. Trusz; handwritten inscription on the reverse: Before the Storm / Wysocka (in pen).
oil on cardboard, 23.4 × 33.8 cm signed and dated lower left: "J Malczewski 1902"on the reverse: a handwritten certificate of authenticity signed by Stefan Podworski, Head of Exhibitions and Art Auctions at the Kraków branch of the Association of Polish Visual Artists, dated 1924; a typescript containing Feliks Kopera’s expert opinion from 1946 and a partially preserved label from PPH DESA...
oil on canvasDimensions: 50 x 69.5 cmsigned lower right: 'F. K. Wygrzywalski'BiographyHe was the son of the renowned Lviv painter Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, then embarked on an artistic journey to Italy, where he found much inspiration for his seascapes. During the interwar period, he frequently exhibited at the Society for the Encouragement...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboardDimensions: 46 x 97 cmSigned lower left: 'A. Setkowicz'BiographyAdam Setkowicz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1891 to 1894. It is known that in 1933 he participated in an exhibition in Piotrków Trybunalski. He painted mainly in watercolors, although he also worked in oil. The artist’s favorite subjects were genre scenes from provincial ...
oil on cardboard, 63.5 x 44.5 cm (inside the frame) signed lower left: “EErb”Provenance: - family collection, Gdańsk
oil on canvasDimensions: 90 x 140 cmsigned lower right: 'A. Gramatyka'BiographyBased in Kraków, he began his studies in painting at the local School of Fine Arts under Wł. Łuszczkiewicz and J. Matejko. He then studied at the Vienna Academy and later returned to Kraków. He exhibited his paintings primarily at the Society of Friends of Fine Arts (TPSP) in Kraków and Lviv, as well as at the ...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboardDimensions: 54 x 38 cmsigned lower left: 'Benn'ProvenanceGrossetti Auction House, France, January 2024 private collection, Poland BiographyFrom 1926 to 1930, he worked as a theater set designer. In 1927, he held his first exhibition in Białystok; from 1928 onward, he exhibited in Warsaw. In 1929, he received a three-year scholarship to study in Paris, where h...
oil/plywoodDimensions: 24.4 x 30.7 cmOn the reverse, a paper label describing the painting and a deposit label from the National Museum in WarsawProvenancecollection of the artist’s heirs private collection, Poland ExhibitedBolesław Cybis 1895–1957. Painting, Drawing, Sculpture. Works from the 1920s and 1930s, National Museum in Warsaw, September 20–November 3, 2002 BibliographyBolesła...
oil on canvasDimensions: 73 x 60 cmsigned lower left: 'Jan Cybis'BiographyHe studied art in Wrocław in 1920–21 at the Academy of Art and Applied Arts under Otto Müller, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Józef Pankiewicz. From 1921 to 1924, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the studios of Józef Mehoffer, Ignacy Pieńkowski, and Józef Pankiewicz. In 1923,...
oil on cardboard; 23 x 34 cm (inside the frame); signed lower left: E Erb.
pastel on paper, 47.5 x 32.5 cm (inside the frame) signed lower left: "T. Axentowicz"“It is interesting that this boudoir painter is strongly drawn to and captivated by folk motifs, which he treats with genuine affection, especially Russian motifs, shimmering with a play of colors that, under Axentowicz’s brush, soften, lose their vividness and variegation, and become a palette full of ser...
oil on cardboard, 16.5 x 21.3 cm (inside the frame) signed lower left: "JAN STANISŁAWSKI" on the reverse, a stamp bearing the signature of the artist’s wife: “JAN STANISŁAWSKI | FROM THE | POSTHUMOUS | ESTATE | Janina Stanisławska”“For Stanisławski was a poet of the landscape: an inspired bard whose soul, upon beholding the wonders of nature, would laugh in joyful ecstasy, only to ...
oil on canvas; 70 x 100.5 cm; signed and dated lower left: MHarasimowicz 1917.
oil on cardboardDimensions: 35.5 x 50 cmSigned with the monogram 'WW' on the lower leftBiographyHe was born in Leord, in Bukovina, Romania. His father’s profession—a railroad worker—left a distinct mark on the artist’s later work, as he repeatedly returned to railroad motifs (Płaszów, Strzyżów). He initially studied in Lviv, and then, after moving to Podgórze, in Kraków. In 1892,...
oil on cardboard; 18 x 23.5 cm; signed lower left: Iw. Trusz; on the reverse, a round stamp: Paint and Materials Store, Perfumery, and Toiletries / A. Łopuszański and T. Sauczek; also an inscription: ZET / GUNTHER WAGNER / No. 135/2 / Size 24/18 cm and a handwritten inscription: Black Sea … (in pen, the rest illegible).
oil on cardboardDimensions: 23.7 x 31.3 cm (inside the mat)signed and dated lower left: 'STANISŁAW CZAJKOWSKI 1943'On the reverse, a black DESY stamp; labeled on a white sticker, dated and numbered in pencil: '1943 | 50'BiographyStanisław Czajkowski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, from which he graduated in 1902. At that time, as a young artist, he was admitted to the Polish ...
oil on canvas; 92 x 70 cm; signed and dated lower right: v. Stenglin / 1911.
oil on canvasDimensions: 57 x 47 cmSigned and dated lower left: 'Jan Cybis 43'Exhibited Spring Salon, Warsaw, May–June 1946 BibliographyJan Cybis. Oil Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. Catalog, National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 1965, ill. 60. Tadeusz Dominik, “Jan Cybis,” Arkady Publishing House, 1984, entry no. 95 in the list of works. BiographyHe studied art in Wrocław in 1920–21 at...
oil on canvasDimensions: 83 x 101 cmsigned lower left: 'a. neumann'BiographyIn 1891, he arrived in Warsaw. He earned a living by painting portraits while simultaneously studying at Wojciech Gerson’s Drawing School. From 1897 to 1902, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Jacek Malczewski, Leon Wyczółkowski, and Jan Stanisławski. In 1900, he was in Paris, where he attende...
oil on canvasDimensions: 51 x 40 cmSigned and inscribed lower left: 'Władysław Szerner Jr. | Munich.'ProvenancePrivate collection, United States Rachel Davis Fine Arts auction house, Cleveland, October 2020 institutional collection, Poland DESA Unicum, December 2021 Private collection, Poland
oil on cardboard; 28.3 x 42 cm; signed, dated, and inscribed in the lower right: Leonard Winterowski / Zakopane 1921. On the reverse, 2 labels: 1/ from the Juljan Burof Art Gallery on Nowy Świat Street in Warsaw (faded, printed); 2/ with the artist’s name and title: “View of the Tatra Mountains,” along with the number 05397 (top portion missing, printed, filled in by hand with a pen).
oil on canvasDimensions: 53 x 76 cmsigned lower left: 'Th. Urtnowski'numbered in pencil on the reverse: '3879/09'
oil on canvasDimensions: 64 x 94 cmSigned lower right: 'F. Ejsmond'On the reverse, on the stretcher, there are gallery stamps and a sticker with the number: '19'
oil on canvas, 21.5 x 28 cm (inside frame) signed lower left: “A. Setkowicz”
oil on cardboardDimensions: 34 x 30 cmSigned and dated lower right: 'A Dzierzbicki | 1927'ProvenanceDesa Unicum Auction House, Warsaw, July 2018 private collection, Poland BiographyAntoni Dzierzbicki was a painter and set designer. He began his studies in painting at the Drawing Class in Warsaw; he then traveled to Paris and Munich to continue his studies, where, while still a student, he rece...
oil on cardboard; 19 x 29.5 cm; signed at the bottom center: Iw. Trusz inscribed on the reverse: From the Naples area (in pencil).
oil on cardboard, 33.5 x 42.5 cm signed lower left: “Iw. Trusz”“Although the master’s outstanding artistic talent fully blossomed in portraiture and genre compositions, landscape painting occupies the most important place in his body of work, bearing witness to the artist’s extraordinary admiration for the beauty of nature. His landscapes, painted at various times of day, under diffe...
oil on boardDimensions: 16 x 21 cmsigned lower right: 'J. Konarski'BiographyA painter active within the Munich School circle, inspired by the work of Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski. His life story remains shrouded in mystery to this day. Scholars continue to debate many aspects of his artistic career and life story. Various hypotheses have been put forward, suggesting that this artist was either Wier...
oil on canvasDimensions: 45.5 x 66.5 cmsigned lower left: 'M.K. Piotrowski'BiographyFrom 1891 to 1893, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under the guidance of F. Cynk and W. Łuszczkiewicz. He continued his artistic studies in Munich at a private school run by Stanisław Grocholski. In 1899, he settled permanently in Lviv. He exhibited at the TPSP galleries in Lviv and Kraków,...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 50 x 70 cmSigned on the left, within the composition: 'a. Karpiński.'BiographyFrom 1891 to 1899, he studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts under Florian Cynk, Izydor Jabłoński, Wincenty Łuszczkiewicz, and Leon Wyczółkowski. He furthered his artistic education in Ažbe’s studio in Munich (1903). From 1904 to 1907, he continued his studies at the Academy o...
oil on canvasDimensions: 59 x 44 cmsigned and dated lower right: '17 | W. de Terlikowski'Provenanceprivate collection, France private collection, Poland DESA Unicum, October 2023 private collection, Poland BiographyThe artist’s development was influenced by numerous trips, including to England, Spain, France, and Italy, as well as to India, Australia, New Zealand, and North Africa. He studie...
oil on canvasDimensions: 47 x 33 cmsigned and dated lower right: '26 | W. Terlikowski'ProvenanceBOISSINOT & TAILLIEZ auction house, March 2024 private collection, Poland BiographyThe artist’s development was influenced by numerous travels, including trips to England, Spain, France, and Italy, as well as to India, Australia, New Zealand, and North Africa. He studied in Munich and at the P...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboard; 40 x 50.5 cm; signed lower right: Rubczak; inscription on the reverse: LANION (sic!) / Brittany / Jan Rubczak / 1914.
oil on canvas; 50 x 70 cm; signed, dated, and inscribed lower right: Rafał Wąsowicz / Winiary 1932 (in pencil); on the reverse side of the stretcher, a stamp: ISKRA & KARMAŃSKI / KRAKÓW.
watercolor on paper; 50 x 38 cm; signed lower right: Łuk Tytusa (in pencil) / St. Kochanowski.
Jacek Malczewski (1854, Radom – 1929, Kraków), Detail from the composition “Harpy” (“Mermaid”), 1913
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oil on canvasDimensions: 56.5 x 120.5 cm (inside the mat)signed and dated along the left edge: 'J Malczewski. August 1913 'This fragment is the lower, cropped section of a painting housed at the National Museum in PoznańBibliographyKrawczyk, A., “The Artist’s Chimeric Gesture,” May 7, 2026, [online] https://spotkaniazzabytkami.pl/chimeryczny-gest-artysty/ (accessed August 17, 2026). Bio...
gouache/cardboardDimensions: 73 x 63.7 cmConditionUnframed work Provenanceartist’s estate collection of the artist’s daughter, Krystyna Bialikiewicz, Jelenia Góra private collection, Poland BiographyHe studied from 1900 to 1908 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the studios of Józef Mehoffer, Leon Wyczółkowski, and Stanisław Wyspiański. At the same time, he furthered his artis...
oil on canvasDimensions: 49 x 58.5 cmsigned and dated lower left: 'Z. Rozwadowski | 1922'BiographyHe studied from 1883 to 1890 at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków, under Jan Matejko, among others, and from 1891 to 1893 in Munich at Anton Ažbe’s private school. While still a student, he made his debut at the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków, exhibiting under the name 'Jordan'. Af...
oil on paper mounted on fiberboardDimensions: 32 x 40 cmsigned and dated lower left: 'Hayden | 52'On the easel, a label with the inventory number: '1139/MR/11'Provenanceinstitutional collection, Poland DESA Unicum, May 2016 private collection, Poland DESA Unicum, May 2020 institutional collection, Warsaw ExhibitedHenri Hayden. Masters of the École de Paris, Villa la Fleur, Konstancin-Jeziorna...
oil/fiberboardDimensions: 38 x 45 cmsigned lower left: 'Igor Talwiński'Artist’s stamp on the reverseBiographyThe artist’s biography prior to World War II remains unknown. According to sources, he took part in combat and was taken prisoner. After his liberation from a prisoner-of-war camp, he went to Paris, where he established his career as a painter. It was most likely on the banks of th...
watercolor over pencil sketch, paper; 33.5 x 49 cm (inside frame); signed lower left: Stefan Filipkiewicz (in pencil).
oil on canvasDimensions: 73 x 133 cmsigned lower left: 'J. Guranowski'On the reverse, on the stretcher, a partially preserved paper label from Julian Burof’s Art and Painting Supplies Store at 47 Nowy Świat Street in WarsawConditionLoss of paint along the lower right edge BiographyA painter and theater decorator, he studied under the decorator and painter Adam Malinowski, with whom he later...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboardDimensions: 52 x 39 cmSigned on the reverse in the center: 'Bratkowski Roman'On the reverse, a sticker from the Art Exhibition and Lottery under the patronage of Archduke Karl Stefan, and the inventory number: '29'BiographyHe graduated from the Kraków School of Fine Arts, where he studied from 1888 to 1890. He continued his artistic studies in Vienna and Muni...
