Roman Kramsztyk (1885 Warsaw-1942 there), Still life, (Still life with grapes), ca. 1912.

oil, cardboard, 56 × 76.5 cm
Signed p. g.: R. Kramsztyk

Exhibited:
- "Roman Kramsztyk 1885-1942" [monographic exhibition], Jewish Historical Institute - Zachęta Gallery of Contemporary Art, 1997
Reproduced:
- "Roman Kramsztyk 1885-1942" [monographic exhibition], Zachęta Gallery of Contemporary Art, February-March 1997, edited by Renata Piątkowska, Magdalena Tarnowska, item 24, p. 178.
Described:
- Renata Piątkowska, "Between "Ziemiańska" and Montparnasse. Roman Kramsztyk", Warsaw 2004, p. 194, cat. no. 6

Still lifes occupy a special place in Roman Kramsztyk's paintings. How much this motif attracted Kramsztyk is evidenced by the fact that at the Autumn Salon in 1913 the artist decided to present only still lifes. It is in these representations that the artist's inspiration by Cézanne's works is particularly evident. One critic wrote about Kramsztyk's still lifes this way: "[...] Kramsztyk practices a more concrete art. Two of his still lifes, high in color and painted intensely, testify that this painter knew how to benefit from Cezanne's lessons. Kramsztyk does not decompose colors and marks transitions from shadow to light by changing gradations of tone intensity. He is a good colorist who 'orchestrates' his canvases with a skill that is devoid of mannerism and false dexterity. [...]" (W. George, "Poles in the Paris Autumn Salon," in Literary News 1924, no. 4, p. 3.)