oil, cardboard; 24 x 33 cm
Sign. p. d. : H. Szczygliński
Provenance : private collection Lodz
Painter and printmaker associated with the Young Poland circle, pupil of Jacek Malczewski,
Leon Wyczółkowski, Teodor Axentowicz and Jan Stanisławski at the
Krakow's Academy of Fine Arts. He also studied in Munich with Stanislaw
Grocholski and Anton Ažbe. He collaborated with the cabaret "Zielony Balonik",
He created landscapes, nocturnes, genre scenes, as well as graphics and posters of Art Nouveau
style. He continued the traditions of the Polish school of landscape painting, giving them a
post-impressionist and expressive character.
During World War I, he served in the Polish Legions, later participating in the
Polish-Bolshevik war, decorated with, among others, the Cross of Independence and the Cross of the
Cross of Valor. In the interwar period he was active in Warsaw, serving as the
president of the Warsaw Art Society, exhibited at TPSP, Zachęta, as well as
as well as in Vienna and London.
He died in Warsaw during the 1944 uprising. His works can be found in the
collections of the National Museum in Cracow, the National Museum in Warsaw
and other public and private collections.
Painter and graphic artist associated with the Young Poland movement. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow under Jacek Malczewski, Leon Wyczółkowski, Teodor Axentowicz, and Jan Stanisławski, and later in Munich with Stanisław Grocholski and Anton Ažbe. He collaborated with the cabaret "Zielony Balonik" and created landscapes, nocturnes, genre scenes, as well as graphics and posters in a Secessionist style. His landscapes continued the tradition of the Polish school while adopting post-Impressionist and expressive qualities.
During World War I he served in the Polish Legions and later fought in the Polish-Soviet War, receiving the Cross of Independence and the Cross of Valour. In the interwar period he was active in Warsaw, serving as president of the Warsaw Art Society and exhibiting at the Society of Friends of Fine Arts, Zachęta, as well as in Vienna and London.
He died in Warsaw during the 1944 Uprising. His works are held in the National Museum in Cracow, the National Museum in Warsaw, and in other public and private collections.
