Józef Pankiewicz
The Hay Wain, 1890
Gift of Feliks Jasieński, 1920
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miniaturka

material: oil on canvas

dimensions: 50,5 × 69,2 cm

description: After their return from Paris both Pankiewicz and his friend Władysław Podkowiński and started experimenting with impressionism, a technique which he came across while there. The Cart with Hay is an almost abstract painting, created using small, irregular brushstrokes. The masterful combination of pastel colours enhances the impression of stuffy, vibrating air on a hot day. Unfortunately, attempts at popularizing the accomplishments of French impressionism in Poland failed. The works presented by Pankiewicz and Podkowiński were not understood and severely criticized. In his later career, Pankiewicz turned towards romantic symbolism.
Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha


exposition: The Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art in Sukiennice,
The Cloth Hall, 1, Main Market Square


key: Realism, polish impressionism, beginnings of symbolism >>>

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