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Stanisław Grocholski

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Stanisław Grocholski
Born
Stanisław Grocholski

(1858-06-06)6 June 1858
Żołynia, Austrian Empire
Died26 February 1932(1932-02-26) (aged 73)
Buffalo, United States of America
Nationality Polish
EducationJan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known forPainting
MovementRealism
SpouseIzabela Pawłowska

Stanisław Grocholski (6 June 1865 in Żołynia – 26 February 1932 in Buffalo) was a Polish painter, active in Poland, Germany, and in the United States.[1][2] He is the son of Antoni Rafał of the Syrokomla Coat of Arms.[3]

Biography

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In the years 1877 to 1880, he took classes with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Later, with Carl Wurzinger in Vienna, with Léon Bonnat in Paris, and with Alexander von Wagner at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.[4]

In 1886, Stanisław Grocholski exhibited the interior of a church in Vienna. His first notable work was Drying of the Sore (Suszenie bielizny)

in 1889, which was exhibited in Munich. He was most active in Munich, where he lived for up to 20 years.[1] Here, he sold his paintings to private collectors and exhibited some of his most notable artwork in museums. He sent his artwork to Warsaw, Kraków and Lwów (then Poland, now Lviv in Ukraine) for exhibitions.[4]

He lived with his wife, Izabela Pawłowska, in a villa in Neu-Pasing on the outskirts of Munich, and turned his house into a colony for Polish artists.[citation needed] In 1891, he founded his own drawing school; where inter alia have studied, including: Gustaw Gwozdecki, Karol Kowalski-Wierusz, Henryk Szczygliński, Soter Małachowski Jaxa, and Józef Gałęzowski.[4] In 1901, he moved to the United States of America in Milwaukee.[4]

He painted portraits, genre art (especially Hutsuls folklore and Jewish folklore), as well as religious art for churches in Poland.[5] Between the years 1880 to 1900, he exhibited his paintings at the Glaspalast in Munich. He had also worked with the magazines Die Gartenlaube and Moderne, where woodcuttings based on his artworks were printed. In Poland, reproduction of the artist's work were published in the journals Kłosy and Tygodnik Illustrowany.[6][7]

He painted the interior scenes of folk cottages, conveying the everyday life of the people, capturing: the celebrations, indulgence, sickness and fighting.[8][9]

Selected paintings

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  • Praying Jews
    Praying Jews
  • Portrait of a woman
    Portrait of a woman
  • Portrait of a woman with a lily
    Portrait of a woman with a lily
  • Death of an Orphan[10]
    Death of an Orphan[10]
  • Praying Jew
    Praying Jew
  • Woman from Bavaria
    Woman from Bavaria

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stanisław Grocholski". Artyzm. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "History of the Łancut Powiat". Powiat Łancut. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Grocholski of the Syrokomla Coat of Arms". Grocholski. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Stanisław Grocholski (1858 - 1932, Polska)". Agra Art Auction House (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Death of an Orphan, 1884". IMNK. National Museum in Krakow. 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ^ "STANISŁAW GROCHOLSKI "ŚMIERĆ SIEROTY"". Przewodnicy Po Krakowie (in Polish). Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Stanisław Grocholski". Fine Art Base. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. ^ "List of Paintings". Pinakoteka. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  9. ^ "List of Paintings". Artyzm. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Death of an Orphan, 1884". IMNK. National Museum in Krakow. 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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