Henry Hayden (1883 Warsaw - 1970 Paris), City beyond the forest, 1931

oil, canvas, 65 × 81 cm
Signed and dated p. d.: "Hayden/1931"

"[Among those who] lack museum education do not sin. They are traditionalists, but do not lend themselves to the tendency to archaize and follow either the youngest directions in French art or solve painting and sculpture problems on their own [is] Hayden, who most clearly and intelligently uses the influence of the art of Cezanne and Gauguin, but [shows] a distinct talent as a composer and complete originality in the decorative harmonization of color patches (...)."
A. Basler, Polish art in Paris, "Sztuka" (Lvov), 1912, vol. I, z. 2, p. 68 (related text in idem, New aspirations in Polish art. II, "Literatura i Sztuka" 1912, no. 12 (added to no. 184 of "Nowa Gazeta"), p. 3).