Aquifer

The work of "Aquarius" dates back to the early etchings of Leopold Levitsky and represents the "Krakow Cycle" (1931-1935). This is a genre-length portrait painted under the influence of expressionism. Throughout his career, Leopold Levitsky showed great interest in the image of man. The artist often created portrait-genre compositions in which it is not always possible to clearly distinguish between the portrait image and the action performed by the person. However, since the visual centers of the works are anthropomorphic images, each of which occupies a large part of the area of one etch, we can treat these works as genre portraits.

Zhmurko Oksana, Head of Leopold Levitsky Memorial Museum of Art.

From the collection of Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.