Eliza Kołodziej - Misty River Vistula






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Eliza Kołodziej’s Misty River Vistula is an original 2018 oil on canvas landscape, 100 × 70 cm, hand signed by the artist and shipped rolled from Direct from the artist with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Description from the seller
Eliza Kołodziej (b. 2000, Poland)
“Misty River Vistula” / "Mglista Wisła", 2018
Oil on canvas
100 × 70 cm (unframed)
Painted during a plein-air workshop in Kazimierz Dolny, this work captures the view across the Vistula River on a morning covered by dense fog. While exploring the town beyond its busy centre, the artist reached the riverbank, where the opposite shore almost completely disappeared behind a veil of mist.
The composition is built around this uncertainty. Trees, buildings and distant forms merge into pale silhouettes, while the fog blends with the surface of the water, making the boundary between river and air almost impossible to distinguish. What is normally one of Poland's most familiar landscapes suddenly appears distant, mysterious and almost unreal.
Rather than documenting a specific place, the painting captures the sensation of standing before a landscape that refuses to fully reveal itself, inviting the viewer to imagine what lies beyond the mist.
The painting will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube, in secure, protective packaging with an insured, tracked delivery and a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Seller's Story
Eliza Kołodziej (b. 2000, Poland)
“Misty River Vistula” / "Mglista Wisła", 2018
Oil on canvas
100 × 70 cm (unframed)
Painted during a plein-air workshop in Kazimierz Dolny, this work captures the view across the Vistula River on a morning covered by dense fog. While exploring the town beyond its busy centre, the artist reached the riverbank, where the opposite shore almost completely disappeared behind a veil of mist.
The composition is built around this uncertainty. Trees, buildings and distant forms merge into pale silhouettes, while the fog blends with the surface of the water, making the boundary between river and air almost impossible to distinguish. What is normally one of Poland's most familiar landscapes suddenly appears distant, mysterious and almost unreal.
Rather than documenting a specific place, the painting captures the sensation of standing before a landscape that refuses to fully reveal itself, inviting the viewer to imagine what lies beyond the mist.
The painting will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube, in secure, protective packaging with an insured, tracked delivery and a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity.
