Objects

The painting from 1938 (oil, plywood, 41 x 50 cm) presents several sailing boats moored close to each other in a small port. In the foreground, there is a yellow patch of beach with patches of light brown and grey, the edge of which runs diagonally upwards from left to right. In the background, on the right, there are several boats with their sails down. Some boats have bright white hulls. To the left - dark blue waters of the sea. Above, the sky with diagonally painted patches of light green, soft pink and white. In the lower right-hand corner, there is a signature: "S. Wodnicki/ 1938".

Szmul (Szymon) Wodnicki (1901–1971) – self-taught artist from Kazimierz Dolny. His talent was discovered by other painters coming to Kazimierz, including Rajmund Kanelbaum. In 1931, he had his first individual exhibition organised at the Social Club in Lublin. He exhibited at the Jewish Academic House in Kraków, at the Winter Salon of the Jewish Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1932–1933), and in Kazimierz Dolny, in the Celejowska Tenement House (1934). In 1934, he moved permanently for Israel. In 1942, he received the Dizengoff Prize. He painted views of Kazimierz Dolny and portraits of Jews.