Ludwik Czaykowski, Kazimierz on the Vistula, 1943

Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right: "L. Czaykowski 43"

Dimensions with frame: 54x75 cm (39x60 cm)

Ludwik Czaykowski (Sokołów 1895 – 1961 Kraków) – Polish painter. He painted landscapes, portraits, flowers, and figural scenes, most often using oil, crayon, and pastel. In 1928, Ludwik Czaykowski completed his art studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He taught at the Académie Colarossi. In France, he exhibited his paintings at the Salon des Indépendants in 1930, 1931, and 1932, as well as at the Salon d’Automne in 1937. After World War II, he moved to Poland and settled in Kraków. He was a member of the Association of Polish Visual Artists and of the Krąg group, with whose members he presented his works. He also exhibited his paintings at shows organized by the Society of Friends of the Fine Arts in Kraków. Between 1951 and 1956, he created figural and ornamental polychrome decorations in the Church of All Saints in Chorzelów, now a Marian shrine.