Piotr Stachiewicz

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Self-portrait of the artist
“Dziewczyna w stroju krakowskim” ( Girl in Krakow Costume ), pastel on cardboard, around 1900, private property

Piotr Stachiewicz (also: Peter Stachiewicz , born October 29, 1858 in Nowosiółki Gościnne in Podolia ; † April 14, 1938 in Cracow ) was a Polish painter and illustrator .

Life

After Stachiewicz first graduated from high school in Lviv and then studied for a year at the Technical University there, he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Florian Cynk , where he studied until 1883. This was followed by a study visit to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Otto Seitz until 1885 . He toured Italy and visited Athens and Jerusalem.

From 1885 he lived in Krakow, where he created religious and historical paintings, portraits and genre paintings . His portraits of women in local costumes became famous. His two painting cycles “Legenda o Matce Boskiej” (Legend of Mary ) from the years 1892 to 1895, which were awarded an art prize by the Kraków Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences, are also significant . One of the cycles was developed by K. u. K. Ministry of Culture and made available to the National Museum in Krakow . He also designed the mosaics for the Sacred Heart Church of the Jesuits in Krakow. In 1899 Stachiewicz became a member of the Cracow Society of Friends of Fine Art , where he served as deputy president from 1900 to 1913.

As an illustrator he created pictures for the book Quo vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz as well as for volumes of poetry and books by Adam Mickiewicz , Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (“Bajki”) and Maria Konopnicka . He also drew billboards and, together with Włodzimierz Tetmajer , initiated the establishment of the Krakow two-week magazine "Świat". In 1931 he released the album kolorowych reprodukcji Wieliczka (album of color reproductions Wieliczka) for the famous local salt mine .

The artist was buried in the family cemetery in Kraków's Rakowicki Cemetery. There is also a memorial plaque on Ulica Wenecja (No. 1) in Kraków .

See also

Web links

Commons : Piotr Stachiewicz  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • M. von Gorski, Peter Stachiewicz , in: The art. Monthly books for free and applied arts , Volume 19, Volume 24. Die Kunst für Alle , December 15, 1908, pp. 129ff.
  • CV at Polskokatolicki.pl (in Polish)
  • Pictures at Artyzm.pl

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c according to M von Gorski, in: Die Kunst , see LitAng
  2. ↑ according to Lars U. Scholl, Felix Schwormstädt, 1870-1938. Painter, press draftsman, illustrator , ISBN 3782205219 , Koehler, 1991, p. 23
  3. ↑ a b according to Short biography on the website of the auction house Agraart (in Polish)
personal data
SURNAME Stachiewicz, Piotr
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stachiewicz, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Nowosiółki Gościnne
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1938
Place of death Krakow