Julian Fałat

In the course of his 1885 travels about Europe and Asia, Fałat compiled studies which were conducive to the development of his art.

Themes typical of his painting are Polish landscapes, hunting scenes, portraits, and travel observations.

He accepted an invitation from future German Emperor Wilhelm II to serve as court painter in Berlin and worked there 1886-1895.

Works looted under Germany's World War II occupation of Poland occasionally appear in sales rooms.

Fałat declared: "Polish art ought to convey our history and beliefs, our good qualities and our defects; it must be the quintessence of our soil, our sky, our ideals.