Signed on the plate p.d.: TM.
below (in pencil): Ep. d'artiste á [ .]ureau amicalement Tadé Makowski
Author's print.
Graphic reproduced in:
- W. Jaworska, Tadeusz Makowski, Polish painter in Paris, Ossolineum 1976, il. 131.
Tadeusz Makowski (Oświęcim 1882 - Paris 1932) - painter, graphic artist; studied painting with Jozef Mehoffer and Jan Stanislawski at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts from 1903-1908. During his studies he traveled to Venice, after graduation he went to Paris and stayed there permanently. During World War I, he stayed in Brittany, befriending Władysław Ślewiński. In 1916 he returned to Paris, from where he traveled to Auvergne, Holland and Belgium. In his early works he was inspired by the paintings of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Between 1912 and 1915, his fascination with Cubism is evident in his paintings, and later he was also inspired by old Dutch painting and Polish folk art. Over time, the artist simplified the form more and more, arriving at the creation of "his own system of plastic signs." He especially often painted children, in his later period also old people, and was always keen on flowers and landscapes. He exhibited a lot in France, while at home he was not particularly well known. The only major exhibition of his works was held in 1936 at the Warsaw Institute of Art Propaganda. Today he is considered one of the most interesting Polish painters of the interwar period. His work, thoroughly researched and discussed in studies by Prof. W. Jaworska, was presented in 1960 at a monographic exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw, at an exhibition in 1990/1991 presented in Bochum and at the National Museum in Warsaw and at a recent exhibition at the Silesian Museum in Katowice and again at the Museum in Warsaw.
