Lot #29 - Leopold Franz Kowalsky, 1856-1931 (Poland/France)
Leopold Franz Kowalsky, 1856-1931 (Poland/France)
Estimate: 30 000 - 60 000 £
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Lot Description
Leopold Franz Kowalsky (1856-1931).
The Tennis Game. Early 20th century.
Oil on canvas, size 186 x 122 cm (73 1/4 inches x 48 inches). Frame dimensions 202 x 137 cm (79 1/2 inches x 54 inches).
Signed lower right.
Provenance: Auction ‘Sotheby's’, 7 May 1998. Hammer price $107000.
Painter and French engraver of Polish origin, Leopold Kowalsky was born in Paris in 1856. He followed his first training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1878 in Henri Lehmann's studio before joining the Academie Julian the following year . He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French artists from 1881 where his work was noticed. As such, he received several distinctions including a bronze medal in 1884. Strongly inspired by his master, Leopold Kowalsky developed a strong interest in the female figure which he sometimes represented in genre scenes, during activities in outdoors in compositions with vibrant colors, sometimes through more intimate portraits of Parisian high society. It excels in the representation of elegant ladies roomy drapes. In 1912, the artist left Paris to retire to Eure where he also devoted himself to painting lively landscapes of the Normandy and Breton countryside, revealing a strong post-impressionist inspiration. During the last twenty years of his life, his only models were his wife and daughter.
The Tennis Game. Early 20th century.
Oil on canvas, size 186 x 122 cm (73 1/4 inches x 48 inches). Frame dimensions 202 x 137 cm (79 1/2 inches x 54 inches).
Signed lower right.
Provenance: Auction ‘Sotheby's’, 7 May 1998. Hammer price $107000.
Painter and French engraver of Polish origin, Leopold Kowalsky was born in Paris in 1856. He followed his first training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1878 in Henri Lehmann's studio before joining the Academie Julian the following year . He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French artists from 1881 where his work was noticed. As such, he received several distinctions including a bronze medal in 1884. Strongly inspired by his master, Leopold Kowalsky developed a strong interest in the female figure which he sometimes represented in genre scenes, during activities in outdoors in compositions with vibrant colors, sometimes through more intimate portraits of Parisian high society. It excels in the representation of elegant ladies roomy drapes. In 1912, the artist left Paris to retire to Eure where he also devoted himself to painting lively landscapes of the Normandy and Breton countryside, revealing a strong post-impressionist inspiration. During the last twenty years of his life, his only models were his wife and daughter.
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