Dimensions: 45 x 60.5 cm (inside the mat)
Signed and dated lower left: 'Grabarz 62'
A label with a description of the work is affixed to the stretcher
Biography
From 1922 to 1928, he studied under Prof. Tadeusz Pruszkowski at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He received his diploma in 1930. Until the outbreak of the war, he was associated with the “Łukaszowcy” artistic group. He participated in regional, traveling, and national exhibitions, including the Annual Salon of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. In 1936, he also studied briefly in Paris. From 1935 to 1937, he was a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (TZSP) Committee. After the war, he settled in Bydgoszcz. His paintings depicted scenes from the lives of fishermen (“the barge series”) and highlanders. He also created salon portraits and landscapes.
