„Study of an Old Man.” You see before you a large, black-and-white reproduction of the painting „Study of an Old Man.” A sheet of paper with the inscription „SILVER MEDAL” affixed to the top left corner of the painting. Marian Stro\u0144ski painted this painting during his final year of studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krak\u00f3w. He received a medal, which is displayed in a display case nearby, and a cash prize. „Study of an Old Man” was considered lost for years. The artist’s family only has a photograph of it. A few years ago, the painting was discovered in a private collection. The owners purchased it in an antique shop as the work of the Nowy S\u0105cz painter Boles\u0142aw Barbacki. Where did this mistake come from? The District Museum in Nowy S\u0105cz holds a painting by Boles\u0142aw Barbacki depicting the same old man, depicted in the same position but from a different angle. It turned out that Boles\u0142aw Barbacki and Marian Stro\u0144ski were studying at the same time at the Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Teodor Axentowicz. Marian Stro\u0144ski’s painting, „Studium Starca” (Study of an Old Man), had, under unknown circumstances, come into Boles\u0142aw Barbacki’s possession and was being offered for sale, along with other items belonging to Barbacki, as part of his legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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