Łukasz Krupiński: Chopin Recital

Stanley Cursiter, R.S.A., R.S.W, (Scottish, 1887-1976), *Musicians*, signed and dated ‘Stanley Cursiter 1923’ (lower left), oil on canvas, 16 x 18 in. (41 x 46 cm.), Image Source: Christie’s

“In 1916 Cursiter married Orcadian Phyllis Hourston, a gifted violinist. Almost immediately after their wedding, Cursiter was sent to the Somme. He was shortly invalided out of the trenches, but went on to develop a revolutionary technique of map-making in France, which earned him a military O.B.E. After World War I, Cursiter was earning a living as an artist and designer when he was offered the job of Keeper of the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh in 1925.

The present work depicts Phyllis Cursiter, seated by a mirror, watching a woman at a piano.”
Christie’s

Łukasz Krupiński Programme: Fryderyk, Chopin Polonaises, Op. 26 Mazurkas, Op. 33 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Nouvelles Etudes, B.130 Waltzes from Op. 64 – No. 1 in D flat major – No. 2 in C sharp minor Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44