Tadé/Tadeusz MAKOWSKI (1882-1932) The Painter Pencil and charcoal on paper Signed lower center: Tadé Makowski Height: 29.7 cm - Width: 22.7 cm on view Provenance: Ader Picard Tajan sale, June 8, 1977, Drouot Rive Gauche, no. 49. Bibliography : Wladyslawa Jaworska, Tadeusz Makowski, Krakow, 1949 Born in Poland, Tadeus Makowski first gained recognition as a landscape painter. He moved to Paris in 1908 and moved towards post-impressionism and cubism. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1913. Our painting is a study for the painting with the same title, dated 1929 (92 x 73 cm) and held at the Centre Pompidou, n°inv. AM 2835 P.