Ferdinand BRYLL, Pair of Portraits

ink, gouache, paper, dimensions in oval each 28.5 x 22.5 cm, signed right l.d. in ink: F. Bryll 1891 For Conservation.

Painter, portraitist, conservator and illustrator. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, during his studies he helped H. Rodakowski during his work on the frieze in the Sejm Hall in Lvov. He exhibited regularly, primarily portraits, at exhibitions at the TPSP in Cracow. He painted and drew likenesses of Krakow and Galician elite. Together with A. Tuch, he reconstructed the Renaissance wall paintings in the Holy Cross Church in Cracow. The artist's works are now in the collections of several Polish museums, including the National Museum in Cracow.