Stefan Bukowski (1878–1929), "Lost in Thought"

Oil on cardboard; dimensions: 49 x 66 cm; signed lower left: "S. Bukowski"

Stefan Bukowski (1878–1929) – painter; he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and later in Munich and Paris. Portraits of women hold a special place in his body of work; in them, he captured the beauty, delicate features, and individual character of his models with subtlety and sensitivity. These elegant, atmospheric portraits of women are among the most characteristic motifs of his art. In 1909, one of his portraits received an honorable mention at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français in Paris.