Eugeniusz Dzierzencki (1905 Warsaw - 1990 Sopot), Autumn Landscape, Sopot, 61 Kościuszki St.

oil, cardboard, 41 × 32.5 cm light frame
signed l. d.: "E.Dzierzencki"
On the reverse, author's inscription "50/Autumn Landscape/15".

Exhibited:
- Eugeniusz Dzierzencki (1905-1990). Paintings from the artist's collection. Exhibition at the Sopot Museum October 10 - November 3, 2024, Sopot Reproduced and described: - "Eugeniusz Dzierzencki (1905-1990). Paintings from the artist's collection," Exhibition at the Sopot Museum October 10-November 3, Sopot, item 9, pp. 41-42

Reproduced and described: - "Eugeniusz Dzierzencki (1905-1990). Paintings from the artist's collection," Exhibition at the Sopot Museum October 10-November 3, Sopot, item 9, pp. 41-42.

The painting depicts the villa now known as the Star of the Sea, built in 1880. In the 1920s, the villa housed a Catholic teachers' seminary, later renamed a home for female teachers. After World War II, the building served for a time as a dormitory for the Higher School of Economics, and later became the headquarters of the Baltic Artistic Agency BART (source: Dr. Janusz Dargacz. Sopot Museum for http://www.dawnysopot.pl/?co tent=guide-description&object=willagwiazdamorza).
The featured image is not the only one referring to Kosciuszko Street, which is one of the oldest in Sopot. It was at this street, at number 66, that Dzierzencki lived (probably around 1945-6). It was a two-room apartment that he received from the ZPAP (Association of Polish Artists). The artist lived there until the 1960s.