Maria
Pokiziak

Poland • 1896−1985

isovela mainly landscapes and portraits, turned to religious subjects. Was born in Lviv. In 1918 – 1922 and studied art at the Lviv art-industrial school (K. Cihelkova), later continued studying in Vienna. In 1921 – 1931 he taught drawing at the Lviv women's school named after Mary Magdalene, in 1936 – 1940, he led the women's teachers Seminary named after A. Asnyka in Lviv. Painted landscapes of the Carpathians, views of Lviv and suburbs. Was very fond of flowers and devoted to their image many works. The work of the artist is inherent in the delicate, lyrical mood, a sophisticated palette of colors. Participated in numerous art exhibitions, in particular in the exhibition Of the island art lovers in the Industrial Museum in Lviv (1926), the exhibition "Animals, flowers and landscape" (ibid, 1938). In the postwar period played a copy of the miraculous image of our lady the Merciful (which to this day is located in the main altar of the Latin Department in Lviv), so that the original was taken to Poland and saved from destruction. Works are kept in Lviv national Museum and in the Museum of masterpieces in Krakow, as well as in numerous private collections.

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