#artwork comparison

LEFT ) The Blossom of Youth, created in 1898 by the Polish artist Władysław Czachórski. RIGHT ) Lady in a Lilac Dress with Flowers (For Him), created in 1903 by the Polish artist Władysław Czachórski.

Not my typical post, but upon reviewing a handful of Czachórski's works I thought I'd offer some brief thoughts.

I shared the 'Lady in a Lilac Dress with Flowers (For Him)' just yesterday and so I was rather struck by its similarity to 'The Blossom of Youth' which I came across today. Considering that 'The Blossom of Youth' was completed five years prior, my first thoughts were that perhaps the 'Lady in a Lilac Dress' was a reattempt by Czachórski at his elder piece as the latter looks significantly more modern in comparison. Unfortunately, I am yet to find any published comments on these two pieces and their likeness.

In response to the question earlier this week, here's the traditional improvement of 10 years, basically the 10 year challenge!

The first one has both the past (on the left) and present (on the right). (And yeah, you can definitely tell the influence that Kingdom Hearts had on me...lol.)

I have been drawing ever since I could hold a crayon. I’d like to think I’ve learned a lot since then. I was going through an old binder of artwork and I stumbled on this old drawing of my alter, Benevolence., from 2008. I ended up redrawing him in 2018, forgetting completely about the old sketch. Did he start off as a character and then turn into an alter, or was he always an alter and I just drew him unknowingly? Who can say?