Zygmunt Waliszewski
Zygmunt Waliszewski (born December 1, 1897 in Saint Petersburg , † October 5, 1936 in Krakow ) was a Polish painter.
While still a child he began to study painting and drawing in Tbilisi ( Georgia ) with N. Sklifasowski and B. Vogel. At the age of 11 he showed his first pictures at a public exhibition.
During the First World War he was incorporated into the Russian army. In Moscow he met the artists of the group “ Mir Iskusstwa ” (World of Art). He also visited the collections of French painting of Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov. In 1920 he moved to Poland. He studied painting in Krakow with Wojciech Weiss and Józef Pankiewicz . In 1924 he came to Paris and joined the Polish artist group "Kapiści" ( Paris Committee ). In Paris he fell ill with the incurable Winiwarter-Buerger syndrome . He lost both legs. His arms were also threatened. Nevertheless he continued to paint. In 1931 he returned to Poland and married in 1933. In 1935/36 he designed a ceiling painting for the Kraków Wawel Castle. In 1936 he still designed the set for Pergolese's opera “ La serva padrona ”. Shortly afterwards he died.
Waliszewski painted landscapes, nudes, portraits, but above all genre pictures as paraphrases of the works of old masters. Despite the deadly disease, he showed a brightly colored, brightly colored world. Despite the short life span, he left a rich life's work.
literature
- Hanna Bartnicka-Górska, Anna Prugar-Myślik: Zygmunt Waliszewski (exhibition catalog), Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, 1999, ISBN 83-7100-124-X
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waliszewski, Zygmunt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1936 |
| Place of death | Krakow |