Ludwik Misky

Price range: (5 000 zł - 10 000 zł)

The work emanates a richness of various shades of green, which, when meeting the blue of the sky, interwoven with the white of feathery cumulus trees, creates an extraordinary spring landscape. The composition is put together with the help of large spots of colour used in the impasto technique, which proves that this is the artist's later work, in which we can see tendencies towards colour and impressionism. Without a doubt it is the signature L Misky that has been written in the lower left corner.

About the artist: Ludwik Misky (Ludwik de Delney Misky), born on 16 January, 1884 in Nowy Sącz, Polish painter, graphic artist, kilim designer. He came from a family with Hungarian roots that settled in the Małopolska region. He studied painting at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts in the workshop of: Józef Mechoffer, Józef Pankiewicz, Leon Wyczółkowski, as well as his master and mentor Jan Stanisławski. At the same time, at the Jagiellonian University, he started studying at the Faculty of Philosophy and History of Art. He continued his education in Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig and Vienna. While still a student, he began working mainly as a teacher of drawing, later as an inspector and official, and from 1927 he became the head of the department of vocational schools at the Board of Trustees of the Krakow School District. Comprehensive education allowed the artist to fulfil himself not only in the field of art, but also in learning, as he was the author of articles and textbooks in the field of teaching, drawing, and the planning of education, for teachers.

In the years 1927-1930 he belonged to the Guild of Artists and Designers "Jednoróg". As an artist - painter, he often participated in the artistic life of Krakow and Lwów. He presented his works at exhibitions in Krakow, Lwów, Warsaw, Poznań, Bydgoszcz and Łódź, among others. In his work, Misky used oil technique, less often he used watercolour or pastel. The artist's works cover a huge range of themes from portraits, through to landscapes, still lifes, flowers, as well as rural and maritime scenes. Apart from painting, he also dealt with graphics and designing kilims. Ludwik Misky died on 1 February, 1938 in Krakow and is buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery.

The largest collection of the artist's works is in the Emil Zegadłowicz Manor house in Gorzeń Górny. His work can also be admired at the National Museum in Krakow.

Title: "Spring Landscape"
Medium: Oil on Cardboard
Width: 66 cm
Height: 47 cm
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