Lioness
Tadeusz Styka (Kielce 1889 - New York 1954)
Lot-No. 568
Proceeds : 15.100 €
1908. Oil/canvas. 100 x 125 cm. Lower right signed and dated Tade. Styka 1908. Small retouchings. - Provenance: Private collection Hamburg - A Polish portrait and animal painter from a family of artists. S. received his first lessons from his father, and later studied in the studios of J. J. Henner and Carrières in Paris. As early as the 1920s, he was able to establish contacts in the United States as a portrait painter for the upper class, and he later emigrated there. While there, he painted, among other works, a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt on horseback.Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Mus.: Warsaw, Nizza, Washington a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer.
Tadeusz Styka: Lioness
Tadeusz Styka (Kielce 1889 - New York 1954)
Lioness
Lot-No. 568
Proceeds : 15.100 €
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Technique: | Oil/canvas |
| Dimensions: | 100 x 125 cm |
| Mark/Notation: | Lower right signed and dated Tade. Styka 1908 |
| Condition: | Small retouchings |
| Provenance: | Private collection Hamburg |
Vita:
A Polish portrait and animal painter from a family of artists. S. received his first lessons from his father, and later studied in the studios of J. J. Henner and Carrières in Paris. As early as the 1920s, he was able to establish contacts in the United States as a portrait painter for the upper class, and he later emigrated there. While there, he painted, among other works, a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt on horseback.Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Mus.: Warsaw, Nizza, Washington a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer.
