Two paintings, oil on canvas
Poland, 1960s
Wladyslaw Chmielinski (1911-1979) – Polish painter
Each signed lower right ‘Wl. Chmielinski’
Dimensions: each 50.5 x 70.5 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Austria
The Warsaw artist Wladyslaw Chmielinski had a penchant for winter landscapes; in 2003, a pair of his winter scenes fetched up to €16,300 at an international auction

Panting horses, jingling bells and crunching snow under the hooves. The Polish artist Wladyslaw Chmielinski knew how to capture the winter in its most beautiful facets. The present pair reveals two characteristic sleigh scenes of the artist, who deliberately composed his works with an impressive degree of detail. Thus, the snowy landscape reflects the light in delicate pastel tones, while the powerful bodies of the horses surprise us with their life-like expression.

The paintings are both signed lower right ‘Wl. Chmielinski’. They are in very good condition. One frame shows some scattered marks with material losses. The stretchers measure 50.5 x 70.5 cm and the framed overall dimensions are 64 x 84 cm.

Wladyslaw Chmielinski (1911-1979)

Wladyslaw Chmielinski was born in Warsaw and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts between 1926 and 1931 to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. His preferred media were oil and watercolor, which he early used for his earliest works dating from the years 1935 to 1938. His central motif was Polish architecture, which he discovered, for instance, in Sandomierz or Krakow. He also painted interiors of historic churches and palaces such as the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Another part of his oeuvre includes rural scenes, which he usually decorated with sleighs, toboggan scenes or folk festivals. From 1967 to 1969 he was repeatedly active in Denmark, but continuously lived and worked in Warsaw. (cbo)

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