Marian Mokwa (1889 Malary - 1987 Sopot), Boats

watercolor, paper, 40 × 27 cm in light passe-partout
Sign, date and description. l. d.: "1920/Mokwa Sopot".

On the back, stickers from TZSP in Warsaw and from "Mieczyslaw Siemiński House of Art in Lodz".

Exhibited:
The Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Exhibition of paintings by Polish watercolorist Marjan Mokwa, 1924.

"About his love for the sea and his vow to devote his talent to marine art, Mokwa recalled years later: "You know, the open, high seas have always made a powerful impression on me. Standing face to face with the elements, I had the feeling that I was standing before the face of God himself. It was then, during the battle, that I understood that my fate, the fate of Poland and the sea are inextricably linked. "If Poland is reborn, then I will dedicate all my talent, all my thoughts, all my soul and all my life to the sea. So help me, God almighty" (Marian Mokwa [in:] K.Wójcicki, Conversations with Mokwa, Gdynia 1997 p. 73) Marian Mokwa's remarkably consistent oeuvre spanning more than 80 years and his hard-to-comprehend oeuvre estimated at around 7,000 oil paintings and watercolors create opportunities for further exhibitions as well as discoveries of unusual works. The work on display, dated 1920 and signed by the artist as Sopot, is an exceptional rarity in Marian Mokwa's oeuvre. The artist connected with Sopot after traveling to the Middle East around 1918 . He settled in Sopot, in a place that by its location, climate, unique architecture was a dream of creative work. The twenties are a period of stability in the artist's life. The painter starts a family, builds a house in Sopot with a large bright studio on today's Kasprowicza Street, and has a number of solo exhibitions.