Trees. The Palermo Motif

Author: Stabrowski Kazimierz, 1869 - 1929

Created: 1924-1927.

Material / technique: paper, pastel.

Dimensions: 48x64 cm.

Signature: K. Stabrowski (in the bottom-right corner of the painting).

The composition entitled Trees depicts a fragment of Palermo: it encodes tensity in the upper right corner of the composition by using tree branches, their shadows, and the red glow of the setting sun, all of which form a surreal image of a white otherworldly being. The bulk of the painting, however, depicts a natural landscape in a very realistic manner and it does not seem that it is attempting to go beyond its borders of realism.

Reference: ‘Kazimierz Stabrowski, the Teacher of M. K. Čiurlionis’. Kaunas: M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, 2016, Kat. Nr.29, P. 94.  

Exhibitions: ‘Kazimierz Stabrowski, the Teacher of M. K. Čiurlionis’, 2015 September 24 - 2016 January 3, M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum,Kaunas.

Published: Kazimierz Stabrowski, the Teacher of M. K. Čiurlionis’. Kaunas: M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, 2016, Kat. Nr.29, P. 94; Kazimierz Stabrowski 1869-1929. Kolekcja prac ze zbiorów prywatnych i Muzeum narodowego w Warszawie. - Warszawa: Muzeum Łazienki Królewskie Stara Kordegarda, 1997, Kat. nr. 43.

Photograph: Kazimierz Stabrowski (1869–1929).