Boleslaw Shtokfisz, THE BROKER, 1931

36,5 x 11,8cm - wood

fruitwood, carving

height 36.5 cm, base: 11.8 x 8.6 cm

Signature on the base (in pencil): Stokfisz | Ew. 188/31



An analogous composition is reproduced in the album L'Ecole nationale de l'industrie du bois. Zakopane. Pologne, held in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. Based on its formal features, it was attributed to Antoni Biegaj, a student in Roman Olszowski's class. Thus, we can conclude that Boleslaw Sztokfisz was also a student of Olszowski and, attending the same classes, carved his Zbójnicki figure.



Compare:

- Hilary Majkowski, State School of Wood Industry in Zakopane, "Kurier Poznański" 1931, no. 573, p. 3;

- Katarzyna Chrudzimska-Uhera, Photo Album of the Sculptures of the State School of Wood Industry in Zakopane, "Yearbook of the National Museum in Warsaw. New Series" 2024, no. 13(49), p. 384.

Bolesław (Stokfisz) Sztokfisz (Bukowina Tatrzańska 1911 - ?) - graduate of the State School of Wood Industry in Zakopane. In 1938 he began his studies at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Prof. Tadeusz Breyer.