Kajetan Stefanowicz
Kajetan Stefanowicz (born July 12, 1886 in Drohobytsch , † September 20, 1920 in Rahatschou ) was a Polish Art Nouveau painter.
He came from a Polish family of Armenian origin. His father, the painter Antoni Stefanowicz (1858–1929) gave him his first painting lessons. Kajetan Stefanowicz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow with Józef Pankiewicz and Józef Mehoffer , then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Otto Seitz and in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs with Fernand Humbert . After graduating, he worked in Lviv.
Stefanowicz mainly dealt with commercial graphics . He created posters, book illustrations, designed women's fashion and wall paintings in the headquarters of the Lemberger Kreditgesellschaft. His works were in the Art Nouveau style, only his last works showed an Art Deco influence .
During the First World War he joined on 20 February 1915, the Polish Lviv Ostlegion (Polish Legion Wschodni.) At and participated in the fighting as Lancers - Captain part. In Lviv he fought in the Polish-Ukrainian War in 1918 . In the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 he was killed at the age of 34 in the battle of Rahatschou in what is now Belarus . He was posthumously awarded the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Order. Kajetanowicz was buried in the cemetery of the defenders of Lviv .
Parisian 1912
Two women in 1913
Woman with a Snake 1915
Portrait of his wife 1919
literature
- Janusz Cisek, Kamil Stepan: Lista strat Legionów Polskich 1914-1918 : Księgarnia Akademicka, 2006: ISBN 83-7188-900-3
- Jurij Biriulow: Secesja we Lwowie (Art Nouveau in Lemberg): Wydawnictwo Krupski i S-ka: Warszawa 1996: ISBN 8386117559
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stefanowicz, Kajetan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Art Nouveau painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drohobych |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th September 1920 |
| Place of death | Rahatschou |