Jozef KRZESZ-MĘCINA (1860-1934), At the Battle, 1884

lithograph, paper, 32 x 23 cm (clear pass-partout), 43 x 34 cm (passe-partout); signed and dated on panel p. d.: JKrzesz / 884 / Kraków

Józef Feliks Męcina-Krzesz - Polish painter. He painted paintings with religious and historical content, as well as portraits. He graduated from a real school. Then, in 1877-1884, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Florian Cynk. In 1882-1884 he was a student of Jan Matejko.In 1884 he received a scholarship from the National Department and 1886 he went to Paris for further studies, where he studied at the school of Jean-Paul Laurens. He collaborated as an illustrator with the magazines "L'Illustration" and "Figaro Illustré." In 1888, he married the French painter Louise Marie Barat. He was a member of the board of directors of the General Association of Polish Artists from 1894 and the Union Internationale des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres in Paris from 1913.