Lot n° 26
Estimation :
500 - 700
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 512EUR
Set of letters addressed to Mr. Paul Schlockoff - Lot 26
Set of letters addressed to Mr. Paul Schlockoff
Lot of correspondence covering the late 1940s and 1950s, containing letters addressed to Mr. Paul Schlockoff from Adam Styka, Wanda Styka, Doris Styka (wife of Tadé), as well as a few small business cards from Mrs. Styka (wife of Jan). About sixty letters testify to the close and trusting relationship between the Styka family and the Schlockoffs. Adam entrusts them with the management of his business in France, the sale of various paintings, the sale of his apartment at 5 Place Pigalle... A few friendly letters and greeting cards show that it was not only about business relations. In one of the letters, Adam mentions his stay in Arizona in 1948, which marks a change in his work; the artist moves from Orientalist to "American" subjects: "przez 2 miesiące byłem z żoną w Arizonie, gdzie sporo malowałem, zachwycony jestem tamtejszym światłem, pejzażem a specjalnie cowbojami z końmi. Tak, że chwilowo zdala będąc od Afryki, można powiedzieć, że przerzuciłem się na tematy amerykańskie." Other letters mention the death of his mother (Jan Styka's wife), the potential sale of a painting by Tadé Styka to the Louvre, the construction of the Hall of the Crucifixion in California to house Jan Styka's monumental painting, and finally others announcing the death of Mrs. Jean Styka in 1953 and that of Adam in 1959.
Bogata korespondencja Paula Schlockoff z Adamem Styką i innymi członkami rodziny Styków.
Paul Schlockoff's Styka - lots 6 to 27
The rich correspondence presented lot 26 testifies to the close relationship Adam Styka kept with Paul Schlockoff, a family friend. After emigrating to the United States in the late 1940s, Adam entrusted him with the management of his Parisian affairs. He also exchanges on his daily life and the members of his family. The set we are dispersing has since remained in Paul Schlockoff's family. Through these drawings and paintings, we discover the father, Jan Styka, a faithful student of Jan Matejko. In his work, he often evokes the martyred and torn Poland of the 19th century. He calls upon his great classical culture, his knowledge of mythology and religion. The works of Tadé and Adam, who received a solid education from their father, belong to a new generation, that of freedom and openness to the world.
Adam's letters allow us to better understand the destiny of these men who devoted their lives to art without ever forgetting their homeland, even far from its borders.
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