Bust of a Cracow peasant (1901)
Leon Wyczółkowski1901 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1936)
Specifications
- Year
- 1901
- Nationality / school
- Polish
- Lifespan
- 1852–1936
About the artwork
Dated 1901, "Bust of a Cracow peasant" is an artwork by Leon Wyczółkowski. Background on Figurative: Figurative art depicts people and recognisable scenes, and it has been central to European painting since antiquity. Portraits, group scenes, studies of the nude, and pictures of daily life all belong to figurative art. Historical background, 1901: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. It is listed in the Figurative collection. The image is in portrait orientation.
"Bust of a Cracow peasant" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Polish, 1852–1936
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