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CHOPIN'S ALMA MATER AND THE WARSAW LYCEE
tes that he was able to capture more than the mere likeness of his mo-
del, be it a person or a plant. His "portrait" of a tree (fig. 87) seems to
have been drawn by a professional artist58. The same can be said abo-
ut his view with a windmill (fig. 88); interestingly enough, it bears simila-
rity not only to some Dutch paintings, but also to those by his godfather
Fryderyk Skarbek, who was a truly gifted painter59 (fig. 89). Chopin con-
tinued drawing throughout his student days and even during his stay in
Majorca60. While composing the Variations on a Theme of Mozart (La ci
darem la mano) in the years 1827-1828 he could not resist the blank last
sheet of his manuscript, where drew several sketches - a monument, a
general, etc. (he was still, endearingly, ingenuous enough to write corn-
Fig. 87. Frederick Chopin, A tree, crayon on paper, before 1830, MFC.
Fig. 88. Frederick Chopin, Landscape with a Windmill, crayon on paper, before 1830, MFC.
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tes that he was able to capture more than the mere likeness of his mo-
del, be it a person or a plant. His "portrait" of a tree (fig. 87) seems to
have been drawn by a professional artist58. The same can be said abo-
ut his view with a windmill (fig. 88); interestingly enough, it bears simila-
rity not only to some Dutch paintings, but also to those by his godfather
Fryderyk Skarbek, who was a truly gifted painter59 (fig. 89). Chopin con-
tinued drawing throughout his student days and even during his stay in
Majorca60. While composing the Variations on a Theme of Mozart (La ci
darem la mano) in the years 1827-1828 he could not resist the blank last
sheet of his manuscript, where drew several sketches - a monument, a
general, etc. (he was still, endearingly, ingenuous enough to write corn-
Fig. 87. Frederick Chopin, A tree, crayon on paper, before 1830, MFC.
Fig. 88. Frederick Chopin, Landscape with a Windmill, crayon on paper, before 1830, MFC.
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