Jozef KIDOÑ, "Portrait of Eve."

pastel, cardboard with dry Vangton stamp, 64 x 47.5 cm, signed l.d.: Kidoń ; p.m.: Ewa

Painter, born in Cieszyn Silesia. He studied in Lviv under Batowski and Kwiatkowski. He then studied in Paris and Amsterdam. In 1919 he took part in the defense of Lviv. In 1920 he settled in Hel. He traveled to Italy and visited Venice, Florence, Naples and Rome, among other places. Upon his return in 1927, he settled permanently in Katowice. He exhibited his works in Katowice, Warsaw and Lviv, among other places. He painted portraits, mainly of women, as well as flowers and landscapes. He used oil and pastel techniques