Peter von Rawita-Ostrowski

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Peter von Rawita-Ostrowski (Polish Piotr Rawita-Ostrowski , also known as Peter von Ostrowski or in South America as Pedro Ostrowski ) (born May 14, 1902 in Schloss Zulehen, Rien, Waidhofen an der Ybbs , Lower Austria ; † October 24, 1964 in Chaclacayo in Lima ) was a in Bavaria and in Peru active painter . He mainly created portraits, still lifes with flowers and landscapes.

Life

Peter von Rawita-Ostrowski came from a Polish aristocratic family and was the son of Gustav Anton Ladislaus Stanislaus Kostka Count Rawita von Ostrow-Ostrowski (1860-1923) and Countess Eugenie von Haugwitz (1875-1944).

Peter von Rawita-Ostrowski studied graphics and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl and at Moritz Heymann's painting school . There he met the painter Karoline Wittmann , whom he portrayed twice. These portraits are in the estate of Karoline Wittmann. He initially lived in Schleissheim. In 1948 he went to South America, where he lived in Peru.

In 1979 his widow Mariana Ostrowska donated 50 of his works to the National Museum in Kraków .

Works (selection)

  • Portrait of the Munich painter Karoline Wittmann , oil / canvas, 1935
  • Portrait Karoline Wittmann, oil / canvas, 1935
  • Tulip still life, oil / canvas,
  • Female act in a crouched position, oil / canvas,
  • Girl sitting in a chair around 1950
  • Seated nude, oil / canvas, 1945
  • White and purple tulips, oil / canvas, 1944
  • Italian port with fishing boats and horse and cart, drawing by watercolor, 1942

Exhibitions

  • 1944 Munich: Participation in the Great German Art Exhibition in 1944 in the House of German Art
  • 1948 Nuremberg: Special exhibition in the Maier-Lengeling gallery.
  • 1958 Lima, Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo: Pedro Ostrowski. Exposición de óleos de la Selva Peruana.
  • 1976 Cracow: Piotr Ostrowski, 1902–1964, Szkice peruwiańskie.
  • 1980 Cracow, National Museum: Piotr Ostrowski, 1902–1964: malarstwo.

literature

  • Rawita-Ostrowski, Peter von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 27 .
  • Polski Słownik Biograficzny vol. 24, p. 573.
  • Ingrid von der Dollen: Karoline Wittmann 1913-1978. The painterly work of the Munich resident . Edition Joseph Hierling, 2010 ISBN 978-3-925435-22-5 , pp. 16, 120.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Supplementary part to the official exhibition catalog of the Great German Art Exhibition 1944 in the House of German Art in Munich . Munich 1944, p. 18 No. 300 ( full text ).
  2. ^ Rawita-Ostrowski, Peter von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 27 .
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ^ Piotr Ostrowski, 1902–1964, Szkice peruwiańskie . Stowarzyszenie Historyków Sztuki, Cracow 1976.
  5. ^ Piotr Ostrowski, 1902–1964: malarstwo. Catalog wystawy, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, maj 1980 . Krakow 1980.

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personal data
SURNAME Rawita-Ostrowski, Peter von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ostrowski, Peter von; Ostrowski, Pedro; Rawita-Ostrowski, Piotr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-Peruvian painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Zulehen Castle, Rien, Waidhofen an der Ybbs , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1964
Place of death Chaclacayo near Lima