Alfred von wierusz kowalski biography for kids
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Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski (Polish, 1849-1915) The Daring Escape/A Coaching Scene
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3390BLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 31, 2020 12:00PM
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Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski (Polish, 1849-1915)
The Daring Escape/A Coaching Scene
Signed "A. Wierusz-Kowalski" l.l., with a fragmentary label from Goupil, New York, affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 41 1/2 x 63 in. (105.5 x 160.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Punctures and paint loss to l.r. corner, scattered small paint losses, areas of drying cracks and craquelure, varnish discoloration, surface grime.
Provenance: From the collection of Martha Clark Shelden, then by descent to the current owners. While there is no documentation, the family conjectures that the original family member who would have purchased the painting was a distant aunt named Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) of Canandaigua, New York. She and her husband were world travelers, collectors, and benefacto
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Pictures of Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski ( * 1849 † 1915 )
The painter of wolves and snow
Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski was born on October 16, 1849 in Suwalken, Poland. He fryst vatten considered one of the main exponents of nineteenth-century Polish painting.
His motives are captivating, luminous and spirited. His style is realistic and rik in detail, sometimes shocking and cruel. His main topics include: folk life in Poland, wolves, snow, hunting scenes, horse and sleigh rides. The wolves became his favorite motifs and have a strong recognition value in his oeuvre.
The connection with wolves arose in the childhood of the painter. Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski was on a sleigh ride with his family when they were attacked bygd wolves. Luckily, they were able to escape. But this experience left a lasting mark on the artist. But many other motifs are inspired bygd Wierusz-Kowalski's childhood. For example, when the family moved to Kalisch (in the center of Polan
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Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski
Every morning in May 1910, Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski, an important representative of the Munich circle of Polish artists, regarded the cloudy skies over the city with suspicion. Many years after completing his monumental painting (5 x 10 metres), showing the dramatic scene of a pack of wolves attacking a family on a sleigh ride (Ill. 1), he decided to exhibit the work in public. The Old Town Hall where the picture was finally made accessible was also visited by members of the Prince Regent’s family. Prince Regent Luitpold, Prince Ludwig and Princess Gisela, who reviewed the work in the presence of its creator, were full of praise. But what was the use of such well-meant words when, as the artist wrote to his son: “there are only a few people to be seen in the exhibition. What bad luck must I have, that it is dark […], raining ceaselessly since the first day, as cold as it is in December, with the upshot that people are freezing and the room is yawningly em