Tadeusz Makowski

Tadeusz Makowski ( born January 29, 1882 in Oświęcim, † November 1, 1932 in Paris) was a Polish painter.

He studied classical and 1902-1906 Polish Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, 1903-1908 painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with Jan Stanisławski and Józef Mehoffer.

1908/1909 he came to Paris, where he remained until the end of life. In Paris, he first painted under the influence of the frescoes of Puvis de Chavannes, later turned to cubism. At the invitation of Władysław Slewinski he spent the period of the First World War in Brittany, which he often visited later.

Since then, he rejected cubism and returned to the Nature study. He painted landscapes and figures in the spirit of naive realism. In his works, influences of old Dutch masters and the painting of the laity artists were noticeable. He painted on wood dolls stylized children, scenes from the life on the land, carnival scenes and masquerades. He also dealt with the woodcut. He led a diary 1912-1931.

His most important pictures include the recent works: " The Shoemaker " and " The Miser ."