Julian Falat (1853 - 1929) Poland. Watercolor on Paper.Measure 6"in H x 8 3/4"in W and 11"in H x 13 3/4"in W with frame. Falat first studied under Wladyslaw Luszczkiewicz at the Krakow School of Fine Arts, and then at the Art Academy of Munich. After several trips throughout Europe and Asia in 1885, Falat compiled a collection of studies from his voyages which would become useful later in the development of his artwork. Themes typical of Falat's painting are Polish landscapes, hunting scenes, portraits, and studies from his voyages. In 1886, Falat accepted an invitation from future German Emperor Wilhelm II to serve as court painter in Berlin.Falat died in Bystra Slaska on July 9, 1929. A museum in Poland, called Falatowka, is devoted to him. Out of his three children, Kazimierz (Togo) (1904–1981) continued to paint in watercolor. Some works, having been looted under German occupation, very occasionally reappear in sales-rooms. In December 2010, two such paintings, "The Hunt" and "Off to the Hunt" were seized by U.S. authorities from auction houses in New York City. The works are to be repatriated to Poland's National Museum of Art in Warsaw. Later works by Togo, produced after Togo settled in England, are largely in the hands of his later family.Falat used to say:"Polish art ought to convey our history and our beliefs, our qualities as well as our defects; it must be the quintessence of our soil, our sky, and our ideals."

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