KOCZALSKI, Raoul—Portrait of Raoul Koczalski as a child virtuoso, autographed, Munich, March 26, 1894. Studio photograph. Dresden, Klinkhardt & Eyssen Studio.
KOCZALSKI Raoul - Portrait of Raoul Koczalski as a child virtuoso, autographed, Munich, March 26, 1894. Studio photograph. Dresden, Klinkhardt & Eyssen Studio.
Albumen photograph on a cabinet-sized card with an embossed imprint of the studio “Klinkhardt & Eyssen, Dresden, Prager Str. 26.” Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.5 cm. On the reverse, a decorative studio imprint featuring exhibition medals, the Saxon coat of arms, and the addresses of the studio’s branches (Pragerstr. 26, Bautznerstr. 15). Minor soiling and scuffing on the cardboard.
A ten-year-old pianist depicted full-length, wearing a velvet outfit with a white collar, his chest adorned with orders and medals received from European courts. On the obverse, a handwritten ink signature reading “Raoul Koczalski” with a sweeping initial and the date “Munich, March 26, 1894.”
Raoul Koczalski (1884–1948)—pianist, composer, and teacher, a child prodigy of Polish piano, a student of Karol Mikule, himself a student of Fryderyk Chopin. At the age of seven, he performed in Vienna; by the age of ten, he was giving concerts in Europe’s greatest concert halls—in Berlin, London, Paris, and Munich—earning awards from reigning monarchs, as seen in the photograph. Considered one of the most outstanding interpreters of Chopin in the 20th century; after the war, he served as a professor at conservatories in Poznań and Warsaw.
An autograph from the period of his childhood tours—a rarity.
KOCZALSKI Raoul - Portrait of Raoul Koczalski as a child virtuoso, autographed, Munich, March 26, 1894. Studio photograph. Dresden, Klinkhardt & Eyssen Studio.
Albumen photograph on a cabinet-sized card with an embossed imprint of the studio “Klinkhardt & Eyssen, Dresden, Prager Str. 26.” Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.5 cm. On the reverse, a decorative studio imprint featuring exhibition medals, the Saxon coat of arms, and the addresses of the studio’s branches (Pragerstr. 26, Bautznerstr. 15). Minor soiling and scuffing on the cardboard.
A ten-year-old pianist depicted full-length, wearing a velvet outfit with a white collar, his chest adorned with orders and medals received from European courts. On the obverse, a handwritten ink signature reading “Raoul Koczalski” with a sweeping initial and the date “Munich, March 26, 1894.”
Raoul Koczalski (1884–1948)—pianist, composer, and teacher, a child prodigy of Polish piano, a student of Karol Mikule, himself a student of Fryderyk Chopin. At the age of seven, he performed in Vienna; by the age of ten, he was giving concerts in Europe’s greatest concert halls—in Berlin, London, Paris, and Munich—earning awards from reigning monarchs, as seen in the photograph. Considered one of the most outstanding interpreters of Chopin in the 20th century; after the war, he served as a professor at conservatories in Poznań and Warsaw.
An autograph from the period of his childhood tours—a rarity.
