Portrait Of A Young Boy, Signed Félix Bryk, Polish School

Lovely portrait of a child standing on an armchair.

Oil on canvas signed by Félix BRYK.
Portrait painter and ethnologist from the beginning of the 20th century.
He was passionate about insects from an early age. Felix Bryk studied classical and turned towards a career as a painter. He stayed in Paris and Florence where he met Aino Makinen, whom he married in 1909 in Myllykylä. In parallel with his artistic studies, he continues to study insects and more specifically Lepidoptera.
Bryk came to Sweden during the First World War. He makes exhibitions of his works and publishes entomological articles.
He traveled extensively in Europe, notably to Vienna, Paris, Florence and Stockholm where he died.

Swedish School, circa 1900-1910
In its superb original setting.