Czeslaw Kuryatto (1903-1951), Nude. Portrait of his wife, 1942

oil, plywood, 61 x 50.5 cm,
signed l.g.: Kuryatto / MCM /XLII

Painter, educated at the private school of Konrad Krzyżanowski, and then at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under T. Pruszkowski. He lived in Katowice and Warsaw, and in 1938 settled permanently in Wisła in Cieszyn Silesia. He was a member of TZSP and ZZPAP. Most often he painted portraits, landscapes from Silesia, Kazimierz Dolny, seaside views, after the war mainly landscapes from the Vistula area. Ca. 1939 Silesian Provincial Office purchased "Portrait of Marshal Pilsudski" by him. He also designed book covers and posters.