Dimensions: 20 x 22.5 cm
signed l.d.: 'JAN STANISŁAWSKI'.
stamped on the reverse: 'JAN STANISŁAWSKI | ZE SPUŚCIZNY | POŚMIERTNEJ' with the signature of the artist's wife: 'Janina Stanislawska', inscribed in ink by Jozef Mehoffer: 'picture of the late Jan Stanislawski | states Jozef Mehoffer', on the frame a paper auction sticker
Origins
legacy of the artist
Agra-Art auction house, June 2010
private collection, Poland
Biography
Graduated in mathematics from the University of Warsaw and the Technological Institute in St. Petersburg. He initially studied painting at Wojciech Gerson's Drawing Class in Warsaw, then in 1884-85 in Paris with Carolus - Duran (actually Charles Émile Auguste Durand). He made many artistic trips to Italy, Spain, Austria and the Czech Republic, among others. In 1895 he stayed in Berlin and collaborated with Wojciech Kossak on the panorama "Crossing the Berezina". In 1897 he settled in Cracow, where he taught landscape painting at the School of Fine Arts. As a teacher in the landscape studio, he introduced the method of plein-air studies, which gave rise to the development of this genre of painting in Polish art at the beginning of the 20th century. He was a co-founder of the Society of Polish Artists "Art." He painted primarily small, moody, synthetic landscapes built with broad brushstrokes.
