Mecislas de RAKOWSKI (1882-1947), View on the house from the pond, 1925

Mécislas De Rakowski is one of the many Polish painters who lived and worked in Belgium. He received his education in Kraków, Munich, Florence and Paris, before moving to Jambes in 1920, where he lived until his death. He had exhibitions in Liège (1928), Brussels (1932) and Namur (1943). Rakowski was primarily a landscape painter (the Meuse Valley, the streets and hills of Namur), but he also painted portraits, still lifes and interiors. Some paintings were made during his stays in Kraków and Poznań in 1931. In 1948 Rakowski was given a posthumous exhibition. The city of Namur is in possession of several works.