Wladyslaw Skoczylas
Władysław Skoczylas (born April 4, 1883 in Wieliczka , † April 8, 1934 in Warsaw ) was a Polish painter, graphic artist, sculptor and educator, founder of the Polish school of woodcut.
Life
After attending a grammar school in Bochnia , he studied from 1901 to 1903 at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna , then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, painting with Teodor Axentowicz and Leon Wyczółkowski , and sculpture with Konstanty Laszczka.
From 1910 to 1913 he studied sculpture in Paris under Antoine Bourdelle as well as graphics and woodcut at the Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Industry in Leipzig .
From 1908 he taught drawing at the School of Wood Crafts in Zakopane . There he was influenced by folk art and the folklore of the Gorals .
In 1918 he became a lecturer at the Department of Freehand Drawing at the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw Polytechnic .
In 1922 he took over the chair of graphics at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts . He also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow . His students formed the Polish school of woodcut, strongly influenced by Polish folk art. In the works of Skoczyla the reminiscences of the stay in Zakopane from the Goralen milieu dominated.
At the Olympic Art and Literature Competition in Amsterdam in 1928, Skoczylas was awarded a bronze medal for his watercolor cycle. He received the Officer's and Commander's Cross of the Polonia Restituta Order.
He died at the age of 51 and was buried in the Warsaw Powązki Cemetery .
Over 400 of his works are in the collections of the Museum of the Royal Krakow Salt Pans in his native city of Wieliczka.
literature
- S. Woźnicki, Władysław Skoczylas , Warszawa 1925.
- The Polish wood cutter Wladyslaw Skoczylas / The Work of Vladyslav Skoczylas, a polish wood engraver . In: Nutzgraphik, Vol. 4, 1927, Issue 7, pp. 53–59. ( Digitized version ).
- T. Cieślewski syn, Władysław Skoczylas, inicjator i twórca współczesnego drzeworytu w Polsce , Warszawa 1934.
- Me. Grońska, Władysław Skoczylas , Warszawa 1966.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skoczylas, Wladyslaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter, graphic artist, wood cutter, sculptor and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wieliczka |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1934 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |