Konrad Krzyżanowski | Large Pink Symbolist Canvas Art | Peter and Paul

Apostles Peter and Paul, sketch — Konrad KrzyżanowskiA large Symbolist canvas print in pink and black. The whole ground is one flat sheet of dusty rose with no horizon and no floor in it, and the two dark standing figures are cut straight out of that rose, so a dining room, a hotel reception or a boardroom end wall holds a warm colour field at full height with two upright shapes and two ring-shaped halos — one gold, one coral — standing in it.Visual PresencePrinted two to three metres tall the two apostles stand taller than the people under them, so a dining wall reads as a presence at the end of the table rather than a picture hung on plaster. The rose ground is the thing that does the work in the room: it is warm and flat and it covers almost everything, so it throws a soft pink light back onto a white wall and a set table, while the two near-black robes drop the only real weight into the space and keep it from going sweet. From across the room you get four marks — the raised hand at the top left, the two halo rings, and the wine-red cloak on the right — and only close up does the surface break into the loose, unfinished brushwork underneath.About the ArtKonrad Krzyżanowski (1872–1922), Expressionism, painted 1902. Konrad Krzyżanowski (1872–1922), Young Poland Expressionism, painted 1902. We chose it because it is the opposite of what he was known for. He built his name on portraits, and here he leaves the two apostles deliberately unresolved: Peter's raised hand and Paul's dark bulk are worked hard, and the rest is bare rose ground. Krzyżanowski was expelled from the Imperial Academy in Saint Petersburg after clashing with the rector over its teaching, studied privately in Munich under Simon Hollósy, then taught at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Oil on canvas, 108 by 98.5 centimetres, National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 32.Size & FinishPrinted to order in 8 sizes from 90×100 cm up to 200×220 cm, as a rolled giclée print, stretched canvas, or in a black, white or natural oak gallery-style floating frame. 320g professional and 380g linen canvas. Size and colour are fully customisable on request. Rolled prints ship free worldwide. Stretched and oak-framed prints ship free within Australia, fully insured, in 2–3 weeks.