All examples of nudes and semi-nudes by Boleslaw Cybis that have been found to date have been from the 1920s. With one exception, all of the photographs below are from auction listings at DESA Unicum in Warsaw, in their 2020 and/or 2021 sales. Most of the titles below are descriptions only. Dimensions refer to the [...]
A number of original paintings have come to light after I wrote my Paintings, Part One post, so it makes sense to review these new finds here. All of them appeared as auction lot offerings at DESA Unicum, Warsaw, in 2020 and/or 2021; the photographs, titles and dimensions cited are from those listings. Some items [...]
Far fewer circa-1940s drawings by Boleslaw Cybis have been found, no doubt because he was busily engaged in settling into his new life in America. Only one item shown below is actually dated as that decade, although several have been attributed (by outside sources) to that timeframe. This pastel-on-paper drawing of a long-haired woman was [...]
Many of the drawings done by Boleslaw Cybis during the 1930s are noticeably different from those he produced in the previous decade. Most of them can be divided into three genres: portraits of Polish people in historical costumes, portraits of people in Libya, and landscapes done while in Italy. Historical Polish Costumes Some of these [...]
This is the first of a series of four Archive posts showing original drawings made by Boleslaw Cybis from the 1920s through the 1940s, sorted by decade. Additional examples will be added to these posts as they are discovered. Original paintings appear in their own posts: Paintings, Part One and Part Two. Cybis’ drawings of [...]
Although the primary focus of this site is Cybis porcelain sculptures, no history of the studio would be complete without also examining Boleslaw Cybis' work in other mediums as well. This post takes a look at some of his paintings which were created in Poland and the USA and is part of a series showing [...]
The Cybis archive 