Teodor Centlewski, Bridge with Ships, crayon on paper. Signed: T.C. Dimensions: 31x22 cm without frame, with frame: 47x37 cm.
Centlewski Teodor (1893 - after 1968) shoemaker and primitivist painter called "the Nikifor of Wąbrzeźno". He began creating paintings with crayons at the age of 65, and exhibited his works in the window of a shoemaker's shop at what was then 14 Kolejowa St. His first exhibition at the "Jupiter" club in Bydgoszcz was warmly received by critics. He painted rural landscapes, homesteads, farm animals. In 1963, one of his drawings was exhibited at the National Show of Amateur Artists' Works in Cracow. His drawings, very colorful were at Polish and foreign exhibitions (Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland). He created more than 120 works, exclusively from memory.
