Miłosz Kotarbiński
Miłosz Kotarbiński (born January 25, 1854 in Czemierniki in Powiat Radzyński , † October 1944 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki ) was a Polish painter, literary critic, poet, composer and university professor. He had four sons, including the great philosopher Tadeusz Kotarbiński . His wife was the pianist Ewa Koskowska.
Life
Kotarbiński studied in Warsaw under Wojciech Gerson and from 1875 at the Art Academy in St. Petersburg under Mikhail Konstantinovich Clodt . He graduated from the academy in 1882 with distinction ( artist 1st class ). Then he traveled to Rome .
After his return to Warsaw in 1883 he worked as a teacher at the Warsaw School of Painting and Drawing; his students here were among others Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa and Edward Kokoszko . From 1887 to 1891 he was artistic director of the magazine "Tygodnik Ilustrowane". In 1892 he founded a private painting and drawing school for women. This school was also attended by Mela Muter . In 1905 he was appointed professor at the Warsaw Art Academy , from 1923 he was its director. In May 1909 he was a member of the jury for the Chopin monument in Warsaw . He created the Independence Medal (Polish: "Medal Niepodległości") and the Independence Cross (Polish: "Krzyż Niepodległości"), which were approved by decree of the Polish President of November 7, 1930. For a while he lived in Chrzęsne in the powiat Wołomiński .
At first, Kotarbiński mainly painted historical pictures, later landscapes, sometimes religious scenes or fantastic motifs. His early works show a clear influence from Jan Matejko . Pictures of him are in Russian museums and in Zagreb .
Individual evidence
- ↑ in Russian sources it is as Aleksander Wasiljewicz Kotarbinski out
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kotarbiński, Miłosz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Czemierniki |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1944 |
| Place of death | Grodzisk Mazowiecki |