Paweł Dadlez

Paweł Dadlez studied in Krakow, Paris, Italy and Cambridge. From 1931 he gave drawing lessons, becoming a professor in Krakow in 1938. His style was realism with elements of Polish colorism. His still lifes represented things in everyday use, but he also painted portraits, nudes and genre pictures. He was taken prisoner-of-war in 1939 but was released the following year due to poor health, and died on his way back to Krakow. His brother Julian (1893-1979) was also a painter.

Walka o piłkę, the original Polish title meaning Fight for the Ball, was translated in the catalog simply as Football. The oil painting on panel from 1936 was 72 x 102 cm in size. It is now held in the Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw.