Alfons Karpinski (1875 Rozwadów - 1961 Kraków), Yellow roses

oil, cardboard, 34 x 48 cm light frame
signed l.d.: A.Karpiński

On the back author's description: "Yellow roses/ This picture is my original/ work/.
karpiński", below a stamp from a Gdynia gallery

"Still lifes are the best-known thematic group in Karpinski's work. It should be emphasized that through many years of studying the nature of flowers, the artist achieved undoubted technical mastery in this field - "...Karpinski liked and enjoys painting flowers. He feels their softness, the fragility of their stems, the delicacy of their petals and almost their fragrance." (...) The artist reached most often for roses, his favorite - yellow, but also pink, white and red. Other species of flowers are repeated less frequently."
M. Bartoszek, "Alfons Karpinski 1875-1961", Sandomierz - Stalowa Wola 2003 [cat.], p. 28.