Over the years 1892–1896, Jan Boles?aw Góralczyk (1876–ca. 1914) studied at the School of Art Industry in Lviv under the supervision of Edward Pietsch. Then he continued his studies at the Kraków School of Fine Arts in the studio of Alfred Daun (1896–1899), after which he began studying at the Viennese atelier of Kaspar von Zumbusch. Genre scenes predominated in the creative works of Góralczyk; he specialised especially in animalistic sculpture. The lectures for veterinary students, which he attended in Lviv, proved helpful to him in depicting animals and capturing their anatomy correctly. On the way should be considered one of the most beautiful examples of animalist sculpture in Polish art. Góralczyk recreated a seemingly banal scene that happened during a ride – a cart pulled by a couple of horses fell apart. The artist focused on animals and their movements – he showed a specific moment when one of the horses threw its head onto the other’s neck in a characteristic way. The harness elements were also depicted with extreme precision. The contemporary art critics pointed out to Góralczyk that “he doesn’t merely see, but takes a careful glance at his models” and that he was able to recreate both rapid movement and muscle motion or “lazy horse head movement”. This special precision of observation was contrasted with the underdeveloped component of the substrate, modelled on the sculpture of Auguste Rodin, which made the composition more vibrant and enhanced its splendour. On the way is one of the few surviving works of Jan Góralczyk, an artist once highly valued and compared to August Gaul (1863–1921), a famous German animalist.
It is totally free to create in Sinespace. Become a creator today
GET STARTED
by Sine Wave
It will animate your avatar (most are face), in real time, from a webcam. It only works on Windows and Mac client for now.
