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Włodzimierz Tetmajer, CHRISTUS IN MARIA AND MARTY'S HOUSE, ca. 1905

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Estimations: 106 614 - 127 937 EUR
71.5 x 99.2cm - oil, canvas



Signature p.d.: WT [initials combined].





Włodzimierz Tetmajer was an ardent Catholic, so it's not surprising that a large part of his artistic output is devoted to religious themes. Admittedly, he became famous for his numerous realizations of monumental church polychromies and stained glass windows, but in his easel paintings we can also find numerous paintings with religious themes. Among these works is the above-presented canvas Christ in the House of Mary and Martha.



The artist has moved the biblical scene from Bethany to a Brono village. The scene takes place in front of the cottage in the shadow of large trees growing outside the frame, as evidenced by the muted color scheme and only a few strong spots of color. With the intense light of the summer sun, the artist illuminated the wall of the cottage, thus emphasizing the most important after standing of this composition - Christ. Jesus, weary from the road, came to the house of Martha and Mary, around him gathered village women and children. Martha bustles about, wanting to serve Him, while her sister sits at the Lord's feet and listens.



To the left stands a peasant woman with a child in blue clothes and a straw hat - this is probably the artist's wife and one of his sons. Indeed, Tetmajer often portrayed members of his family, weaving them into scenes of everyday life in Bronowice (e.g., Wedding in Bronowice, 1912; Rosary, circa 1905).



In 2001, we presented a painting entitled Wedding (see opposite) at a December auction. It depicts a fabulously colorful scene from a wedding party near Krakow. Among the crowd of villagers gathered in front of the cottage and the costumed bridesmaids on horses, to the right one can recognize the silhouettes of the artist's wife, father-in-law and children.



Włodzimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (Harklowa near Ludźmierz in the Podhale region 1862 - Kraków 1923), half-brother of the poet Kazimierz, began studying painting at an early age; as early as 1875 he attended classes at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he continued (with breaks) to study until 1895 - initially with Franciszek Cynk, Leopold Loeffler and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, and after 1889 with Jan Matejko. At the same time he studied classical philology at Jagiellonian University. In 1882 he still studied at the Vienna Academy, and in 1886-89 at the Munich Academy under Alexander Wagner. He supplemented his studies at the Académie Colarossi in Paris. An imperial scholarship enabled him to travel to Rome. Upon his return, he lived in Cracow. In 1890 he married Anna Mikołajczykówna, daughter of a farmer from the village of Bronowice near Krakow, where he himself often stayed, and in 1895 settled permanently. In 1901 he founded and then ran a painting school for women for several years. Since 1899 he was a member of the Society of Polish Artists "Art"; in 1901 he was one of the founders of the Society "Polish Applied Art"; in 1908 he co-founded the "Zero" group. He was a prominent representative of the "folklore" trend, a painter of customs, labor and landscapes of the countryside near Krakow. In his earlier period he created in the spirit of academic, Munich realism. Later he developed his own original style - the composition of his paintings was free, he painted with broad brushstrokes and used bright, vivid colors. In 1892-1894 he collaborated with Wojciech Kossak and Jan Styka on Panorama Raclawicka. He designed stained glass windows, did illustration and mural painting, including a polychrome of the Queen Sophia Chapel at Wawel Cathedral in 1902. The artist was the prototype for the character of the Host in S. Wyspiański's drama The Wedding.

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