Wincenty WODZINOWSKI (1866-1940), Girl with a blue jug

oil, cardboard , 58.5 x 87 cm,
Signed p. d.: W. Wodzinowski

Painter, pupil of Gerson (1880-1881) and of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (1881-1889) in the studio of Leopold Loeffler, Jan Matejko and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz. He supplemented his studies at the Munich academy. In 1892 he returned to Poland and settled in Swoszowice near Kraków. In 1896-1916 he taught painting at the Baraniecki Higher Courses for Women. The subject matter of his works usually included spontaneously and humorously painted scenes related to the folklore of a village near Krakow, allegorical compositions and portraits.