Objects

The painting from around 1925 (oil, canvas, 92 x 66.7 cm) is a full-figure representation of an old Jew. The figure is placed centrally. It's a left half-profile. The arms are bent at the elbows, facing the right, and the legs are slightly apart. The man has a grey beard, he is wearing a robe, a tubeteika and high leather boots with pleated uppers. Under the neck, a fragment of a light shirt is visible from under the robe. At the bottom, on the horizon, sketchily painted buildings. The painting is kept in a range of purples and muted browns, with a grey-blue background. There is no signature.

Bolesław Cybis (1895-1958) - painter, sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, member of the Brotherhood of St Luke. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kharkov and belonged to the artistic association "Union of Seven" (Związek Siedmiu), a cubist-futurist grouping. From 1923, he studied at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts in the atelier of Professor Tadeusz Pruszkowski. He stayed in Kazimierz Dolny many times, co-creating the artistic environment of the town. He noticed the Jewish character of the place, painting not only views of the Jewish district, but also portraying the people who lived there.