Wacław Borowski

Wacław Borowski studied in Krakow and then went to Paris until 1913, and later Italy and Switzerland. In 1920 he returned to Poland after World War I and taught at the Institute of Fine Arts in Warszawa (Warsaw). He was one of the leading Polish neo-classical artists of the 1920s and 1930s and a member of the “Rytm” and “Ryt” associations. Borowski painted portraits, genre scenes, still lifes, and allegorical representations in oil and pastel, as well as murals. He also worked as a decorator for theater performances and designed part of the Polish banknotes.

The original title of the submitted painting, according to Polish sources, was Łuczniczki, correctly translated Archers, and not – as listed in the catalog – The Archer. The assignment is difficult, because Borowski took up the motif again and again. Based on the original title, it is most likely a painting showing three modern female archers.