Moravian Szczęsny Feliks

Moravian Szczęsny Feliks (ur. 1818 Rzeszow, zm. 1898 Stary Sącz).
He studied with J.. Maszkowski in Lviv, and then in 1839-41 at the Academy of Vienna. After his return, he was the curator of the artistic collections of the National Institute in Lviv. Ossoliński. He traveled a lot in Galicia, drawing historical objects. He painted portraits, religious images, genre scenes. He also made a series of drawing portraits of contemporary Lviv personalities. He wrote dissertations on art and antiquity.

Portrait of children bending over a book
oil, canvas, 63 x 72,5 cm;
Lviv Picture Gallery;