Wlastimil HOFMAN (1881-1970), "Portrait of a girl in a green kerchief," 1927

oil, plywood, 28 x 31 cm,
signed l.g.: 1927 / Wlastimil / Hofman

Painter, student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of F. Cynk, J. Stanislawski, L. Wyczółkowski and J. Malczewski. He continued his studies in Paris at the Académie des Beaux Art and in Vienna. He lived in Prague, Paris and since 1920 in Cracow. He spent the years of World War II in Palestine, among other places. He was a member of the Vienna Secession, the Czech Society of Artists "Manes", the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". In his painting he was clearly inspired by the work of J. Malczewski. His works are usually placed in the Polish landscape religious scenes, symbolic compositions with folk motifs, portraits.