Mieczyslaw Filipkiewicz, FLOWERING TREES, 1918

25.0 x 35.5 cm - gouache, watercolor, pencil, paper overlaid on cardboard 25 x 35.5 cm (in light of passe-partout)

Signed p. d.: Mieczyslaw Filipkiewicz | 1918

Mieczysław Filipkiewicz, younger brother of painter Stefan; studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1910-1915 under Stanisław Dębicki, Teodor Axentowicz and Józef Pankiewicz. He then studied
in Vienna, and in 1921-1923 again in Cracow under Wojciech Weiss. He exhibited from 1925; mainly at the Cracow Society of Friends of Fine Arts, receiving several awards.

He painted Tatra and seaside landscapes, as well as still lifes and flowers, and less frequently figural compositions. He was involved in applied graphics and applied art.