Old Masters auctions
oil, canvas, 101 × 51.5 cm Signed and dated l. d.: "Wojc.Gerson 1887"Provenance: Private collection, Poland (purchased at Agra Art 2008). Private collection, Poland Inscribed and reproduced: Auction of Works of Art, Agra Art Auction House, June 15, 2008, item 11. "The artistic work and activities of Wojciech Gerson are of special importance for the history of Polish art. [...] He was also an ...
Watercolor, paper; 22.5 x 29 (framed); signed p. d. K. Kossak; State of preservation: stains of the sheet.
Watercolor on pencil underdrawing, paper; 22.5 x 29 (framed); signed p. d. K. Kossak / ... (further obliterated).
oil, canvas, 70 × 66 cm Signed and dated p. d.: "Wlastimil Hofman 1922""The villa at 16 Spadzista Street resembles a kindergarten during the day. It is full of children of different ages and various toys. In the garden, for example, a sandbox, swings and ladders are active. The painter has no adult models only children" (Boguslaw Czajkowski, Portrait from Memory, Wroclaw 1971, p. 134.). Every...
Acrylic, canvas 40 x 30 cmSigned and described on the reverse
oil, canvas, 65 × 90.5 cm Signed and dated p. d.: "Wojciech Kossak/1919""He was successful as a master of both huge battle compositions and intimate scenes showing soldiers of various formations and genre scenes, while his choice of subjects depended largely on the economic situation and financial demands. In addition to Prussian themes, he repeatedly took up subjects related to the Napoleoni...
oil/canvasSize: 23 x 33 cm (in light of frame)signed and dated under b.g.: '1927 | Wlastimil Hofman'.on the reverse: a sticker of the Kazimierz Wojciechowski Salon of Works of Art in CracowBiographyBorn in Karlin (now a district of Prague), to a Polish-Czech family that moved to Krakow in 1889. Between 1895 and 1899 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Florian Cynk, Jozef Unie...
oil, canvas, 82 × 110 cm Signed l. d.: "A Wierusz-Kowalski""The most famous were the scenes with wolves - Wierusz Kowalski studied the wolf like few others, [and these paintings] are among the strongest things of the artist" (Eligiusz Niewiadomski, "Malarstwo polskie XIX i XX wieku", Warsaw 1926, p. 182). Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski painted wolves many times, and this motif became the most famous...
tempera, gouache, canvas pasted on board, 68 × 51 cm light frame signed at bottom: " Z. STRYENSKA"On the reverse on the frame a sticker: "GRINNELL GALLERIES 515-1521 WOODWARD AVE./DETROIT 26 MICHIGAN, Mich.". Provenance: - Since 1950s/60s in the private collection of a multi-generational family from Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, United States - private collection, Poland The featured work is...
oil, canvas; 50 x 60 cm; Signed p. d. Wiktor Korecki.
oil, cardboard; 24 x 32 cm; Signed l. d.: JAN STANISŁAWSKI Attached to the painting: - opinion of art historian Elżbieta Charazińska dated 6.03.2025; - XRF X-ray fluorescence examination from the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, dated 12.04.2025. The slender, sometimes stooped silhouettes of the sunflowers were shot almost portrait-...
oil, cardboard; 50 x 70 cm; Signed l.d.: Jerzy Kossak / 1945 On the reverse of the author's stamps: - circular stamp with the Kos coat of arms and inscription in the rim: JERZY KOSSAK. Cracow. Pl. Kossaka 4 - stamp with facsimile of handwritten text: I authenticate / authenticity of this painting / Jerzy Kossak
oil/boardDimensions: 48.3 x 63 cmsigned and dated p.d.: 'Wojciech Kossak | 1930'on the reverse a paper auction sticker and described: 'I affirm the authenticity | Wojciech Kossak' and a wax sealProvenanceNautilus auction, Cracow, November 2009 private collection, Poland BiographyHe was the son and pupil of Juliusz Kossak, father of Jerzy, also a painter, as well as poet Maria Pawlikowska - Jas...
oil, canvas, 105 × 135 cm Signed p. d.: "J.Fałat/Polesie"Exhibited: - Julian Fałat (Jubilee Exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola), December 4 - February 7, 2010; - Exhibition at the District Museum in Toruń: March 5-May 3, 2010; - Exhibition at the Copper Museum in Legnica, May 7-July 4, 2010. - District Museum in Bydgoszcz, 2017 - 2024 (deposit). - Di...
Title: Sketch of a young man's face from the left three-quartersDimensions: 16 x 9.7 cmTechnique: pencil, paperDrawing comes from the artist's sketchbook bearing on the "title" pasteboard the author's? number XXXII - written with a brush and light blue ink, next to which is written in pencil the date 1872 - probably secondary, referring to the only dated work by Jacek Malczewski, bearing the d...
oil, duplicated canvas, 63 × 133 cm sign, description. and date. p. d.: "JFałat / Polesie 1900."Provenance: - Collection of Anita and Stanislaw Milewski, Manchester - Connecticut, United States. Mr. and Mrs. Milewski were respected Polish-American activists and founders of the Milewski Lecture Series on Polish history, held as part of the Polish Department at Connecticut State University. - ...
oil, cardboard, 40 × 33 cm Signed l. d.: "I. Trusz"Provenance: - Private collection (as of 2020)
pastel, beige (originally light green) paper horizontally stenciled, pasted on cream cardboard, 65.3 × 51.2 cm inscription at bottom right: "Alcoforado/ (T.U + E)/1931 I."Provenance: - From the collection of the family of Anna M. Attached to the painting is an expert opinion of Witkacologist Dr. Anna Żakiewicz (curator and author of many exhibitions and publications about Witkacy, curator of...
oil, mahogany board, 41 × 31 cm signed and dated p. d.: "Wojciech Kossak |1891".on the reverse a paper sticker of the framing company John Tanous, London; in the middle a fragment of a paper sticker, at the bottom edge - a trace of a detached one. Provenance: - Collection of Zbigniew Mikulski (1925-2017) in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. - From 2019 in a private collection in Poland Exhibited: - ...
oil, canvas, 50.5 × 65.4 cm Signed with bound monogram medr. d.: "WW"Provenance: - Poland, private collection; - Doyle New York, auction on September 16, 2020, item 6; - New Jersey, Montclair, collection of Dorothea Benton Frank; - New York, Brooklyn, Lipert Gallery. Wojciech Weiss was an undisputed master of the nude. He was able to show the beauty and sensuality of the female body in his co...
oil, board, 43 × 33 cm light frame Signed p. d.: "Wojciech Kossak"Reproduced in: - K. Olszanski, Wojciech Kossak, Zaklad Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1976, il. 34, p.61 (list of illustrations). 1982, il. 41 The featured painting from 1893 is a preparatory study for "Panorama Racławicka," one of its fragments: " Dziemierzyce: a Polish ambulance". The originator of the panorama, Jan Styka (1858...
oil, canvas, 50 × 61 cm Signed l. d.: "Halicka"I am immensely interested in architecture, issues of perspective and spatial solutions. No wonder, for so many years I lived and worked with cubist. Nevertheless, my painting does not belong to any school. I am neither a Cubist, nor a naturalist, nor an Impressionist, nor a Surrealist. I simply want to express poeticism, and I want it to arise no...
oil/boardDimensions: 33 x 21.5 cmsigned and dated l.g.: 'Wlastimil | Hofman | 1959'.ownership description on the reverseBiographyBorn in Karlin (now a district of Prague), to a Polish-Czech family that moved to Krakow in 1889. Between 1895 and 1899 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow under Florian Cynk, Jozef Unierzyski and Jan Stanislawski. However, he was most influenced by the w...
oil, cardboard; 24.5 x 34 cm; Signed, dated and described at bottom center: Wlastimil / Hofman 1944 / ... (last part illegible).
oil on cardboard, 34.5 x 47 cm, signed in lower right corner: "WIKTOR KORECKI".
Oil, cardboard; 20.5 x 26 cm (light frame); Signed p. d.: BR. RYCHTER JANOWSKA
Lavish ink, gouache, paper; 12 x 9 cm (irregular paper format); signed p. d.: Jozef Mehoffer
oil, canvas, 50.5 × 70.5 cm Signed p. d.: "Mokwa"Provenance: - Private collection. Purchased at a gallery in Sopot in the 1990s.
Oil, canvas; 68.5 x 55 cm; Signed p. d.: K. WAGNER.
oil/boardDimensions: 41 x 31 cm
Julian Boncza-Tomashevsky (1834 St. Petersburg - 1920 Nice), "Dream of the Night of One" ("Ondyny").
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oil/canvasDimensions: 71 x 126 cmsigned l.d.: 'J. Bończa'.fragment of a larger compositionOrigin:private collection, France LiteratureCf. Album of paintings by Juljan Boncza-Tomaszewski, Warsaw 1912, item 19 (il.).
oil/canvasDimensions: 50 x 70 cmsigned and inscribed p.d.: 'Modlitwa wieczorna | F. M. Wygrzywalski'.On the reverse a circular stamp with the coat of arms: 'Wygrzywalski Feliks Michał'BiographyStudied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1893-98 and at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1900 he settled in Rome, from where he made numerous artistic trips, including to Egypt. In 1908 he returne...
Konstanty Makary Mankowski (1861-1897), After the Sea Storm, (other title: Shipwrecked), 1883.
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oil, canvas, 95 × 245 cm Signed l. d.: "K. Mańkowski"Provenance: - painting purchased in 1883 by TPSP to be distributed among members of the Krakow institution, and its owner became Boleslaw Slawoszewski - collection of the artist's family (no information is available on how the painting re-entered the Mańkowski family). It remained in the family's collection in Cracow until the 1990s) - pr...
Watercolor, cardboard; 46.2 x 29 cm (light passe-partout); Signed l. d.: Stanislaw Tondos ... (faintly legible); On the back, oval stamp of the composition for painters: ALEKSANDROWICZ and number 2858 (in pencil).
oil/boardDimensions: 46.5 x 69.5 cm (in light of frame)Signed p.d.: 'M. Stanko.'BiographyThe artist lived and worked in Sosnowiec. He was a member of the Association of Polish Artists. He participated, among other things, in the exhibition of the Horned Hearts Szczep in the Institute of Art Propaganda in Warsaw in 1936. He painted mainly landscapes, and his favorite subjects were Tatra motifs;...
oil, canvas, 50 × 65 cm Signed l. d.: (obliterated)Attached to the painting is an appraisal by Prof. Dr. Michal Haake dated 6.02.2025 Exhibited: - From Renoir to Chagall 100 years of painting, July 8-September 2, 2025, Manes Gallery, Prague. Reproduced: M. Ottavi, A.Mrowiec, "From Renoir to Chagall 100 years of painting, [cat, exhibition] Prague 2025, cat.no.52, p.83. Also known is Pankiewicz...
oil, plywood, 62.5 × 47.5 cm Signed with dedication l. g.: "Dr. St. Kobiele in memory of 1923/ in token of heartfelt friendship Wlastimil Hofman"Provenance: - Early Art Auction, Desa Unicum, 16.04.2009, item 35. - Auction of Works of Art, Polswiss Art, 13.12.2009, item 19. - private collection, Poland Hofman, a portraitist, also created a great many self-portraits. In fact, just like his mast...
oil on cardboard, 70 x 50 cm, signed in upper right corner: "St.Żurawski".
oil/boardSize: 74 x 99 cmSigned l.d.: 'W.Wodzinowski'.signature: W. WodzinowskiBiographyOne of the so-called "five peasant artists," an informal grouping formed by alumni of Jan Matejko and the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Wodzinowski himself began his education at Wojciech Gerson's Drawing Class. After years of study on the Isar River, he returned to Poland in 1892 and settled near Krakow, in...
oil/boardDimensions: 42 x 52.5 cminscription in pencil on the reverse: 'KAMOCKI TATRY 0086 7000/A63 D-100/1679'.ProvenanceDesa auction house, Cracow, June 2011 private collection, Poland Literaturecompare other versions of this motif: Stanisław Kamocki, Podgórski Landscape, National Museum in Lublin BiographyGraduated from the School of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1891, studying there under Flori...
Watercolor on pencil underdrawing, paper; 42 x 32.5 cm (light frame); Signed p. d.: Tondos.
oil on cardboard, 1930, 30 x 34 cm, signed and dated in lower right corner: "Z. ĆWIKLIŃSKI | 1930".On the back an exhibition sticker from the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, 1931, and a gallery sticker from Kazimierz Wojciechowski's Salon of Works of Art, dated: "1932".
oil/boardDimensions: 58 x 39 cmsigned l.d.: 'l.gottlieb'on the reverse a paper exhibition, auction and framing stickerExhibitedArt of balance: between geometry and variation, BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Katowice, February 7-March 9, 2025. BiographyOutstanding Polish painter, at the same time one of the most interesting representatives of the so-called "Ecole de Paris". A pupil of J. Malcz...
oil, canvas, 158 × 95 cm Signed p. g.: "Vlastimil Hofmann"The painting "The King," signed "Vlastimil Hofmann," was most likely created in 1914-18, at which time the artist was in Prague. At that time he painted paintings in which the titles and subject matter suggest their author's longing for "the country on the Vistula River." These included, for example, "Golden Wawel," "Vision of a New Po...
oil, duplicated canvas; 70 x 113 cm; Signed and inscribed l. d.: Antoni Jezierski Munich. The offered painting "In the Studio" by the artist Antoni Jezierski, a painter from Lviv, is an exceptional rarity, not only on the auction market but also in museum collections, which makes the presented work exceptionally unique. The artist received his education at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, wh...
by: Peter Paul RUBENS (1577-1640) oil, canvas; 133 x 125 cm; Signed l. d.: Cop. / Kurt Strozyk / 1925; State of preservation: visible cracks and paint loss, conservation patch visible on the back.
oil/canvasDimensions: 51 x 73.5 cmSigned l.d.: 'W. Korecki'BiographyHe studied at the Drawing School of Nikolai Murashka in Kyiv. In 1921 he moved to Warsaw, where he opened his own studio. It burned down during the Warsaw Uprising, and with it many of his works. In 1946 he settled in Komorow, from where he moved to Milanowek. The subjects of his paintings were mainly atmospheric landscapes an...
oil, cardboard; 52 x 71 cm; Signed l. d.: St Kamocki; On the reverse a sticker with a handwritten inscription: Stanislaw Kamocki / "Old Bridge" / oil paints / price PLN 500; and catalog no.: Kat. 177 / VII; illegible stamp from the Salon of paintings and works of art in Cracow; above the stamp: No. 75 / dimensions 54 x 73; Condition: slightly dirty painting.
oil, canvas, 22.5x28.5 cmDimension with frame 34x40 cm. Work signed "A-W", author unrecognized.
Pastel, brown paper; 61 x 46 cm (light frame); Signed and dated p. d.: JFałat / 7/X 1917 (in pencil) and above dedication: Mrs. Różecka offers (in pencil).
oil, board; 21.5 x 23.5 cm; Signed l. d.: Trzeszczkowski
oil on panel, 1971, 31 x 61 cm, signed and dated in lower right corner: "Pogorzelski 71".On the back the author's description: "44 | 31 x 61 | W.2006 | MAJ | JERZY | [artist's stamp with coat of arms] | POGORZELSKI".
oil/boardDimensions: 29 x 38 cmSigned l.d.: 'Z. Ćwikliński'On the reverse, inscription: 40BiographyIn 1887 889 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Florian Cynk and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz. In 1893 he began studying painting in Vienna in the studio of Christian Griepenkerl. In 1898 he traveled through Italy and Dalmatia. In 1908 he settled in Zakopane and from then on pai...
oil/canvasDimensions: 81 x 121 cmSigned l.d.: 'M. G. Wywiórski'Origin:private collection, Poznan BiographyStudied art in 1883-1887 in Munich under Karl Raupp and Nikolaus Gysis, as well as in the studios of Jozef Brandt and Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski. From 1904 he was active in Poznań, where he was a member of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts and the Society of Artists. He exhibited in Pozna...
mixed technique, cardboard, 95 × 65 cm light frame Signed l. d.: "Sichul""A young student of Wyczółkowski and Mehoffer at the Krakow Academy twenty-odd years ago, he succumbs to the charm exerted on his students by Stanislaw Wyspiański, who stood at the peak of his painting and writing. But already at that time, in the first studies and figural and floral compositions of the budding painte...
oil/canvasDimensions: 96 x 133 cm
oil/boardDimensions: 17 x 24 cmSigned p.d.: 'B. RYCHTER-JANOWSKA'OriginDESA Unicum, January 2020 private collection, Poland BiographySister of painter Stanislaw Janowski and wife of Tadeusz Rychter. She studied painting in Munich, at the Florence Academy and in Rome. She was associated with the artistic circles of Cracow. In 1932 she had a solo exhibition in Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery. The arti...
oil/canvasDimensions: 53 x 65.5 cmsigned p.d.: 'J Klepinski'.Inscribed illegibly on the reverse, inscribed on the painter's loom: '-Joahan Klepinski- 1872 pol. Ec. All. and 'No 4 | C185', on the frame a sticker of a framing companyBiographyJan Klêpinski began studying painting at the private school of Anton Ažbe' and Simon Hollósy in Munich. He sent oil paintings from his travels, mainly la...
oil, panel, 19.5x28.5 cmOverall dimension 30.5x39.5 cm. Work signed "C.H"
oil/boardDimensions: 34.5 x 25.5 cmon the reverse oil sketch of a landscapeProvenancegift of the artist's daughter, Krystyna Tetmajerna, to the family of the present owners BiographyPainter, graphic artist and poet. Half-brother of the poet, Kazimierz Przerwa Tetmajer. Graduated in philosophy and philology from Jagiellonian University. In 1882-1886, he continued his studies at the Academy of F...
Watercolor, paper; 48 x 28 cm ( in light frame); Signed p. d.: Jerzy Potrzebowski.
oil/canvasDimensions: 100 x 74.5 cmSigned l.d.: 'ST. CZAJKOWSKI'On the reverse a paper exhibition sticker and stamp, on the painter's loom twice repeated inventory number from the artist's legacy: 'St. Cz. | inv. 299'.ExhibitedStanislaw Czajkowski 1878-1954. posthumous exhibition of the artist, Zacheta Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, Warsaw, December 1980-January 1981 (not included in ...
oil, cardboard; 20 x 34.5 cm; Signed l. d.: A. Setkowicz
oil, cardboard; 20 x 24.5 cm; Signed p. d.: JC (tied monogram); On the reverse, number: N507 (in marker), next to 25 (in pencil, number circled).
