Stanislaw Janowski, AKT, 1888

85.5 x 141.8cm - oil, duplicated canvas signed l.g.: St. Janowski 88 Munich



The painting was created during the period of the artist's studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied with J. C. Herterich and A. Liezen-Mayer.

Stanislaw Janowski - painter, illustrator, stage designer; brother of painter Bronislawa Rychter-Janowska. In 1882-1886 he studied at the Cracow School of Fine Arts under F. Szynalewski, I. Jablonski and W. Luszczkiewicz, and in 1887-1890 at the Munich Academy under J. C. Herterich and A. Liezen-Mayer. After his studies, he settled in Cracow, from where he traveled to Italy several times. In 1900 he participated in an open-air study organized by S. Hollósy in Nagybanya, Transylvania. From 1901 to 1910 he was married to writer and actress Gabriela Zapolska, with whom he moved to Warsaw in 1903 and Lviv in 1905. There, in 1912, he was appointed professor at the Free Academy of Arts. During World War I he served in the Legions. Since 1921 he lived permanently in Cracow, from where he went on a trip to Tunis (1921). He was a member of TPSP in Krakow and Lviv, TZSP in Warsaw and ZZPAP; he exhibited a lot.