Wojciech Weiss, ACT IN THE WORKSHOP, ca. 1925

48.0 x 34.0 cm - oil, cardboard

Signed p.d.: WW [tied monogram].
On the reverse, on the cardboard at the top, stamp with the number from the artist's legacy: 0694 | WW | 4; above, opposite the composition, stamp of the Iskra & Karmański store of painting accessories in Cracow with the number crossed out inside: 13/2.

The painting is accompanied by a sales receipt signed by the artist's granddaughter, Renata Weiss.

Wojciech Weiss (Leorda, Bukovina, Romania 1875 - Kraków 1950) - painter and graphic artist; studied at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1890-1899, initially with Jan Matejko, Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, Florian Cynk, Józef Unierzyski, and later also with Leon Wyczółkowski and Julian Fałat. He completed his studies with a gold medal; later he continued his education in Paris and Italy. Since 1897 he was a member of the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka", in 1906 he became a member of the Vienna "Secession". From 1907 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow - from 1910 as an associate professor; from 1913 as a full professor. He also served as the university's rector twice - in 1918/19 and 1933-1936. He was one of the most outstanding Polish painters of the Young Poland period and the interwar period. In his early period he painted symbolic figural scenes, often with fantastic themes, and later also portraits, nudes and landscapes. He also worked in printmaking and sculpture.