woodcut, 25x31 cm (inside the frame), signed in pencil lower right “ST. Żukowski” and inscribed lower left “Matnia”
Landscape painter; from 1892 to 1901, he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture under, among others, Sergei Korovin, Abram Arkhipov, and Isaac Levitan. After completing his studies, he remained in Russia. From 1896, he participated in exhibitions organized by the Peredvizhniki Society; in 1907, he was awarded the title of academician. From 1923 onward, he lived permanently in Warsaw, where he exhibited frequently at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. He was, above all, an outstanding landscape painter; he also painted interiors and, less frequently, portraits. His paintings, always highly regarded, were frequently awarded medals at exhibitions—including in 1912, when *Autumn Evening* was awarded a gold medal at the international exhibition in Munich. During his stay in Russia, the artist most often signed his works in Cyrillic; later, he used the Latin alphabet. Many of his paintings are held in Polish museum collections as well as in museums in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Minsk
