Oil on cardboard; dimensions: 35 x 44 cm; signed lower right in the paint: "Aleksander Boba." On the reverse, a pencil inscription: "Alex. Boba."
The depicted view shows the Dębnicki Bridge in Kraków in its pre-war form. Originally built between 1886 and 1888 as a crossing for the ring railway, it was rebuilt as a road bridge in 1911. The bridge survived the German occupation, but on January 18, 1945, during the German retreat from Kraków, it was blown up. The current Dębnicki Bridge was built between 1948 and 1951.
Aleksander Boba (1899–1940) —a painter associated with the Kraków art scene and a student of Fryderyk Pautsch at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1931. He primarily painted landscapes and cityscapes, with a particular fondness for depicting Kraków, as well as mountain, rural, and seaside landscapes. His paintings are characterized by an expressive texture, a dense application of paint, and an interest in light. He died prematurely in Kraków on April 24, 1940.
