Julian Fałat

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Self-portrait, 1896, in the National Museum in Warsaw
Wintry river landscape, 1907

Julian Fałat (born July 30, 1853 in Tuligłowy near Lemberg , † July 19, 1929 in Bystra near Bielsko-Biała ) was a Polish painter and watercolorist.

Fałat studied with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz at the Cracow Art Academy , then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 1885 he made numerous trips to Europe and Asia. Then he made a world tour and let his impressions flow into his romantic work. During a hunting stay with Prince Anton von Radziwiłł (1833–1904) in Nieśwież , he met the Prussian Prince Wilhelm in 1886 , whose invitation to the Hubertusstock hunting lodge on the edge of the Schorfheide he accepted several times. From 1889 he worked as court painter to the now Emperor Wilhelm II in Berlin . He created studies of nature, true-to-life history pictures with high-contrast expressions, still lifes, depictions of animals and, above all, winter pictures

In 1895 he returned to Cracow and was appointed art professor. In Fałat's late work, the colors and shapes increasingly dissolved; he took up the painting style of the French impressionists . Winter remained his main theme. He reformed the Cracow Art School, introduced new teaching methods based on his impressionist experiences and taught them as an art professor at the Cracow Art Academy , which has been named after him since 1900. Fałat was one of the presidents and vice-presidents of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow and in 1904 was a delegate of the International Art Exhibition in the Art Palace .

The Fałatówka Museum in Bystra is dedicated to Fałat's life and work.

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SURNAME Fałat, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falat, Julian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish painter and watercolorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuligłowy near Lviv
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1929
Place of death Bystra near Bielsko-Biała