Dimensions: 53 x 79 cm
Signed and dated in the center: 'J. Moniuszko / AD 1897'
A label with the inventory number on the reverse
Provenance
DESA Unicum, Warsaw, February 2021
private collection, Poland
Agra-Art Auction House, Warsaw, December 2022
Private collection, Poland
Biography
Son of the distinguished composer Stanisław. Beginning in 1871, he studied painting at the Drawing Class in Warsaw under Wojciech Gerson and Antoni Kamiński, as well as privately with Gerson and B. Dziadulewicz. In 1878, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. He painted genre scenes, historical scenes, historical-genre scenes, and religious scenes. His works are distinguished by their strong composition, vivid colors, and a keen sense of the mood and style of historical eras. In 1879, at an exhibition at the Zachęta in Warsaw, he caught the critics’ attention with his painting “The First Meeting of Jadwiga and Jagiełło.” He exhibited repeatedly at the Zachęta, the Krywult Salon, the Unger Salon, and the Artistic Salon, where a group exhibition of his works (approximately 50 paintings) was held in 1905. He also exhibited in Kraków, Łódź, and Kyiv.
