Oil, cardboard; 32 x 42 cm
Signed p.d.: Jerzy Kossak 1937
Painting exhibited, reproduced: Ostoya Auction House, 18th Auction, 11.11.2001, cat. no. 32
Asking price 7000
Estimate 10000 - 12000
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Jerzy KOSSAK
1886 Kraków - 1955 Kraków
Son of Wojciech, grandson of Juliusz Kossak - from early childhood he painted under the direction of his father and grandfather. A continuator and imitator of their art, he created battle, historical and genre scenes with the omnipresent motif of the horse. He painted pictures of the November Uprising, the Napoleonic Wars and many scenes from the 1920 war. His best-known composition of this kind was Miracle on the Vistula. He also painted numerous Chases and Lancer Chases with Cossacks, Wolf Raids, Hunting and Weddings. The subject matter of these works makes them constantly popular with collectors and the public, always thronging to exhibitions of Kossak paintings.
