March Auction
Lot 153:
Jozef Czapski (Polish, 1896 - 1993) 1962 Signed Oil Painting Red Tulips Still Life
Description
Jozef Czapski (Polish, 1896 – 1993) Signed & Dated 1962 Still Life of Red Tulips Oil on Canvas
Description
Oil on canvas depicting a bouquet of vivid red tulips arranged in a pale vase against a warm, textured brown ground. The composition is rendered with confident brushwork and expressive color handling, characteristic of mid-20th century modernist still life painting.
The flowers are boldly defined with gestural strokes of crimson, pink, and violet, contrasted by elongated green stems rising from a softly modeled vase.
Signed lower right “J. Czapski” and dated “62.”
Presented in a period frame.
Details
Artist: J. Czapski
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1962
Signature: Signed and dated lower right
Canvas size: Approx. 17.5 x 25.5 in.
Framed size: Approx. 20 x 28 in. (approx.)
Czapski was a prominent painter, writer, and intellectual who was a member of the Kapistes (Paris Committee) group of Polish colorists. His work often focused on still lifes, Parisian everyday life, and landscapes, characterized by a distinct expressive style.
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