Franciszek Żmurko
Franciszek Żmurko (born July 18, 1859 in Lemberg , † October 9, 1910 in Warsaw ) was a Polish salon painter.
Life
He was the son of Wawrzyniec Żmurko, a professor of mathematics at Lviv University . He began his painting studies with the Lviv painter Franciszek Tepa. In 1876 he began to study with Jan Matejko at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts . In 1877 he studied at the Art Academy in Munich with Alexander von Wagner .
In 1880 he moved to Cracow. Thanks to a grant from Emperor Franz Joseph I , he spent a few months in Rome . In 1882 he came to Warsaw , where he lived until the end of his life.
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In oil and pastel he mainly painted women's heads and erotic half-nudes, as well as harem scenes and scenes from mythology. His painting was hardly influenced by the popular styles of Art Nouveau and Impressionism .
Self-portrait with palette
Girl with red bows in her hair
Nubians , 1884
Sinner's Past, 1895
Self-portrait as Stańczyk
Hetaera , 1906
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source
Władysław Prokesch: Franciszek Żmurko , J. Czernecki, Wieliczka 1911
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Żmurko, Franciszek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1910 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |