Objects

Alchemist is another youthful work by Teodor Bok, carefully preserved by Ewa Kuryluk. In this still conventional school drawing, we can already see the outline of his future interests – the world of magic, secret formulas, the past. The title alchemist is dressed in a historically stylized costume: pumps, a waistcoat, a white shirt with wide sleeves, a hat with a wide round brim on his head. The interior of his workshop is filled with various utensils: bottles, burettes, bowls, a bulb, an anvil with a hammer, a large jug with ears, a tripod, sacks, boxes, tongs and hooks. Neither the tripod with the black bowl over the hearth nor the big book can be missing from the alchemist's workshop.

A gift from Ewa Kuryluk

Renata Piątkowska