Julius HOLZMÜLLER (1876-1932), "Gypsy."

watercolor, cardboard, 39.5 x 50.5 cm
Signed l.d.: Juliusz Holzműller
On the reverse of the cardboard, collector's stamp "From the collection of Henryk Bednarski / of Lviv / L.p." and handwritten "117". On the frame a sticker stamped "From the collection of Henryk Bednarski / from Lviv / L.p." and handwritten "117"

Condition: foxing and small tear of cardboard in upper left corner.
Image from the collection of Henryk Bednarski (1907-1991), prominent Lviv collector and bibliophile, author of texts on art, archaeology and architecture. In the collector's catalog item 117.



Juliusz HOLZMÜLLER (1876-1932).
Painter, educator. Studied decorative painting at the State Industrial School in Lviv, trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, continued his studies in Munich. He took part in the First World War. He lived successively in Cracow and Lviv. He painted and drew landscapes, battle and genre scenes, most often using the horse motif. He perfectly mastered the technique of watercolor, sketched a lot, and many of his drawings made in ink, sepia and ink have survived.