Boys and still life.

Zygmunt Waliszewski's "Boys and still life" was created in 1935, just a year before the artist's sudden death. Waliszewski was a Polish painter, known as a member of the Kapist movement, an avant-garde group that emphasized color and light in painting. His artistic journey began in Tbilisi, where he was exposed to the Russian Futurists, before he moved to Poland and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He later refined his skills in Paris, copying Old Masters at the Louvre and absorbing the influences of Cézanne, van Gogh, and Matisse. This painting, made after his return to Poland, reflects his interest in figural compositions, often imbued with a sense of the grotesque or caricature, a characteristic seen in his broader work of designing scenery, posters, and book illustrations. While specific details about this particular work are scarce, it aligns with his later period in Poland where he painted portraits and scenes of rural life, often with a unique, expressive style.