Karol Kozlowski, a Polish immigrant who settled in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 1913 at the age of 28, worked as a factory worker and “fire cleaner” during the day; at night he tended to his collection of exotic birds and painted landscapes, both real and imagined. Whether he was depicting the urban grittiness of New York, which he knew first hand, or the symbolic pastoralism of India and Africa, which he could only imagine, the artist relied on simple, patterned forms and a muted pastel palette to realize his springtime vistas. Kozlowski would first map out his images with pencil and then overpaint with oil. His scenes, for the most part large in scale, are carefully executed, giving the landscapes a stylized quality.