Stanisław Witkiewicz
Stanisław Witkiewicz (born May 8, 1851 in Poszawsze , Lower Lithuania , † September 5, 1915 in Lovran , Croatia ) was a Polish painter, architect, writer and art theorist. He was the father of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ( Witkacy ).
Life
Stanisław Witkiewicz was the son of Ignacy Witkiewicz and his wife Elwira geb. Szemioth.
Witkiewicz studied in Petersburg from 1869 to 1871 and then in Munich from 1872 to 1875 . After graduation, he returned to Poland and worked as an art critic for the magazine Wędrowiec . In 1890 he moved to Zakopane , and inspired by the art of the " Góralen " he designed and built numerous spacious villas and designed their interiors in the Zakopane style . The author of the book Na przełęczy (On the Mountain Pass, 1891), known as the “Tatra Gospel”, gives samples of stories by an old narrator from the Zakopane region. He was awarded honorary citizenship for his services to the city of Zakopane . As a painter, he mainly created landscapes of the High Tatras and scenes of the January uprising in 1863.
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Footnotes
- ^ " Villa Koliba ", " Pod Jedlami ", "Pepita" ("Łada"), "Korwinówka", "Zofiówka" and others
- ^ Epilogue by Julian Krzyżanowski in: Die Kuhhaut . A hundred Polish folk tales, 1987 Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag Leipzig and Weimar, p. 436
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witkiewicz, Stanisław |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poszawsz (Lower Lithuania) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1915 |
| Place of death | Lovran (Croatia) |