Stanislaw Eleszkiewicz, LANDSCAPE

30,1 x 40,2cm - oil, cardboard signed p.d.: S. Eleszkiewicz

On the reverse (in orange chalk): 72; in addition, on the so-called "buckle" l.d. stamp of a Parisian storehouse of painting supplies; next to it a sticker (print, black marker): 88 MIECZYSŁAW LURCZYŃSKI [deleted] | (1907-1992) [deleted] | POSK GALLERY COLLECTION | Polish Social & Cultural Association | 238-246 King Steet | London W6 ORF E N G L A N D; next to stamp (stamp, black marker): MIECZYSŁAW LURCZYŃSKI [crossed out] | POSK 238-246 KING STREET | LONDON W6 ORF ENGLAND | TITLE ELESZKIWEICZ | MEDIUM | REG No 88.

Provenance:

- Collection of the artist's friend Mieczyslaw Lurczynski (Polish painter, poet and essayist).

- Collection of the Polish Social and Cultural Center, London.

- Private collection, London.

♣ A fee will be added to the auctioned price, in addition to other costs, based on the right of the artist and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Act of February 4, 1994 - on Copyright and Related Rights (droit de suite).

Stanislav Eleshkevich (Chutovo near Poltava 1900 - Paris 1963) - painter, draughtsman, designer of mosaics and stained glass windows - studied at the School of Fine Arts in Mirgorod since 1914. In 1918 he joined the army, and, seriously wounded, was hospitalized for six months. From 1919 to 1921 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Athens. Then he was in Naples and Rome, and in 1923 he settled permanently in Paris and exhibited many times in Parisian galleries. He painted in oil, gouache and tempera, and enjoyed using pastels. He created expressive genre scenes, portraits and landscapes. Many of his works are in private collections in Paris and the United States.