Henryk Grabiński

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“ Near Ojców ” (Polish: W Ojcowie), 1880
"Polish Landscape" (Polish: Polski pejzaż), 1882

Henryk Grabiński (* 1843 in Lemberg ; † 1903 ibid) was a Polish painter.

Life

After training as a jeweler and goldsmith, Grabiński decided to pursue an artistic career and studied from 1861 to 1866 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under the landscape painter Albert Zimmermann . In 1865 he received a first prize for a landscape study. He continued his studies from 1868 to 1869 at the Munich Academy . He toured Paris, Italy, Tyrol and Bavaria.

After completing his studies, he lived mostly in Krakow and Lviv. He traveled to Galicia , in the Tatras and the Pieniny to Malmotive to find. From 1873 to 1977 he taught the basics of landscape painting and drawing at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts . One of his students in 1874 was Jacek Malczewski . Even Roman Kochanowski and Maurycy Gottlieb learned under him.

In 1879 he moved to his hometown of Lviv. From 1882 he could no longer walk due to a serious illness, but continued painting.

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Grabinski predominantly painted landscapes in romantic transfiguration. His pictures were realistic with an impressionistic influence, as can also be found in Kazimierz Alchimowicz , Adam Chmielowski and Witold Pruszkowski .

His landscapes show a variety of motifs: ponds, streams, waterfalls, farms, views of villages and churches, caves or castle ruins. Often sunrises or sunsets are included, sometimes storms and thunderstorms. His pictures are characterized by a realistic impression, rich colors and the emphasis on lighting effects. He mainly painted in oil and watercolor , using pen and ink as an aid. Grabiński wrote a textbook on landscape painting (Lemberg, 1884) and published an album with paintings on Galicia and the southern provinces of Poland.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Agnieszka Ławniczakowa (arr.), Malczewski, a vision of Poland. An exhibition organized by Barbican Art Gallery and the National Museum, Poznań , Barbican Art Gallery, Posen 1990
  2. ↑ according to Tadeusz Dobrowolski, Malarstwo polskie ostatnich dwustu lat , from the series: Biblioteka Domowa , ISBN 8304017296 , Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Breslau 1989, p. 371

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SURNAME Grabiński, Henryk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish painter and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Lviv
DATE OF DEATH 1903
Place of death Lviv