Dimensions: 44.5 x 51.5 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'Jerzy Kossak | 26'
described on the reverse: 'Reconnaissance | 8go Regiment of Lancers | Prince Józef Poniatowski' below: "Reconesans | des 8ter Regiment Ulanen | von Fürst Josef Poniatowski. inscriptions in pencil and red crayon, the stamp of Rosa Aleksandrowicz's Storehouse of Painting Accessories, the stamp of K. Wojciechowski's Salon of Works of Art in Cracow, circular stamp: 'Dr. Fr. Schoenfeld & Co. Düsseldorf Malfarben u. Maltuchfabrik', stamp: 'AFI32' and stamp with number: '10'.
Origins
Collection of Jan Pomian-Blawdziewicz (1924-2016)
Agra-Art, December 2016
private collection, Poland
Biography
Jerzy Kossak was educated from an early age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s. Jerzy traveled with his father to the manors of Greater Poland, where he portrayed the local landed gentry. Jerzy Kossak's paintings (like those of his grandfather and father) are still very popular today. The artist took up themes close to the longings and sentiments of the Polish viewer, he perpetuated the myth of the Polish legions and the victorious war against the Bolsheviks, he also painted genre scenes with motifs of lancer toil, horses, meetings of soldiers and girls.