Portrait of Mrs. Berson, 1907, pastelTeodor 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
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