Portraits of Beautiful Polish Women in Pastel by Teodor Axentowicz

Portrait of Mrs. Berson, 1907, pastel

Teodor Axentowicz (1859 – 1938) was a renowned Polish painter and the rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, famous as an artist for his portraits of beautiful women.

Axentowicz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1879-1882, then he moved to Paris to continue his education. In Paris he worked with various magazines and started his career as a copyist duplicating the works of Tizian and Botticelli. He extensively traveled to London and Rome, working on his first set of portraits.
In 1893, in London, he married Iza Henrietta Gielgud, aunt of Val Gielgud and John Gielgud of the theatrical dynasty.

More portraits:
Portraits of Beautiful Women by Ulisse Caputo,
Janos Laszlo Aldor. Portraits

Portrait of a Woman, 1898, pastel

Portrait of a Woman, 1930, pastel

Woman in a Fur Coat, 1906

Reading Woman, 1899

Portrait of Zofia Jachimecka, 1913

Redhead, 1899

Lady with a Rose

Lady in a Park, 1899

Redhead 2, 1899

With a Blue Pitcher, 1904

Portrait of a Woman, 1907