Landscape from the Vicinity of Kazimierz Lubelski

In 1889, after studying at the Drawing Class of the former Faculty of Fine Arts of the Warsaw University and at the Academy in St. Petersburg, Józef Pankiewicz (1866-1940) set out for Paris together with another painter, Władysław Podkowiński. In Paris, he came into contact with Impressionism, the most fashionable art movement of the day. After returning to Poland in 1890, Pankiewicz turned to the experiences he had gained in Paris. He created his works during plein air sessions in the Lublin region. Pankiewicz deftly restricts the range of colours to pastel tones, whose masterful juxtaposition makes the painting seem to be filled with the sultry, fluttering air of a summer day.