Inspired modernist

The scene in the studio is a caricature, and the viewer is immediately able to notice the irony. A well-shaped model poses for the artist for a painting of the biblical Eve.

The painter is clearly moved by what he is doing. His dynamic posture and leaning body towards the canvas indicate his great involvement in the process of creating the work. He looks at the model, at the same time drawing a sketch on the canvas. What emerges from under the brush is a slightly different woman from the one who poses for the artist. Instead of a beautiful, young woman with Rubensian curves, we see a miserable and emaciated person. Emaciation and emaciation add years to the woman's appearance. Her appearance has nothing in common with that of a model.

A modernist painter is someone progressive, innovative, acting against the hitherto prevailing tradition of painting. He rebels against naturalism and realism. He focuses on individualism and expression, on freedom of self-expression. Modernism is a term used interchangeably with the term Młoda Polska (Young Poland), a trend in art and literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The artistic milieu was characterised by pessimism, decadence, and a feeling of helplessness in the face of fate, originating in the philosophical trends of the period. In enslaved Poland, these thoughts found fertile ground and manifested themselves in the works of many artists. The motif of death, drama and the artist's inner disintegration is present in his works. The superiority of individual art over generally accepted academic canons was postulated.

Barwicki was a traditionalist, patriot and religious man, who served his homeland and society with his talent. He created in a realistic convention, and the message of his works was clear to the viewer. The content was more important in his works than the form.

Barwicki clearly shows that excessive individualism and painting without respect for tradition lead to deformation, illegibility. This has nothing to do with beauty and becomes a caricature, and makes the artist unhappy and eternally unfulfilled.