Stanisław Kuczborski (painter)
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Stanisław Kuczborski was a Polish
modernist
painter, graphic artist and caricaturists. His mother, Klotylda Kuczborska (née Gierymska) was a sister of renown painters Aleksander Gierymski
and Maksymilian Gierymski
. Kuczborski studied painting in Kraków
at the School of Fine Arts
under Leon Wyczółkowski and Jan Stanisławski before continuing his art education in Paris. He was a co-founder and participant of the legendary Zielony Balonik
art-and-literary cabaret in Kraków. His lithographs published in Liberum Veto and Hrabia Wojtek, appeared in Teka Melpomeny collection (1904) about personalities in the local theatre. One of his better-known paintings inspired by the Young Poland
movement is the Funeral (1904), depicting village folk from Bronowice. Kuczborski married Zofia Munk with whom he had a daughter, Irena Kuczborska (1907–1971), also a fine arts painter.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
modernist
Young Poland
Young Poland is a modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918. It was a result of strong aesthetic opposition to the ideas of Positivism...
painter, graphic artist and caricaturists. His mother, Klotylda Kuczborska (née Gierymska) was a sister of renown painters Aleksander Gierymski
Aleksander Gierymski
Ignacy Aleksander Gierymski was a Polish painter of the late 19th century. He was the younger brother of Maksymilian Gierymski, equally renowned Polish watercolour painter....
and Maksymilian Gierymski
Maksymilian Gierymski
Maksymilian Gierymski was a Polish painter, specializing mainly in watercolours. He was the older brother of painter Aleksander Gierymski.As a seventeen-years-old boy, he participated in the January Uprising...
. Kuczborski studied painting in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
at the School of Fine Arts
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, or Kraków Academy of Fine Arts , located in Kraków, Poland, is the oldest Polish fine-arts academy, established in 1818.It is a state-run university that offers 5- and 6-year Master's degree programs...
under Leon Wyczółkowski and Jan Stanisławski before continuing his art education in Paris. He was a co-founder and participant of the legendary Zielony Balonik
Zielony Balonik
Zielony Balonik was a popular literary cabaret founded in Kraków by the local poets, writers and artists during the final years of the Partitions of Poland. The venue was a gourmet restaurant of Apolinary J. Michalik called the Michalik's Den...
art-and-literary cabaret in Kraków. His lithographs published in Liberum Veto and Hrabia Wojtek, appeared in Teka Melpomeny collection (1904) about personalities in the local theatre. One of his better-known paintings inspired by the Young Poland
Young Poland
Young Poland is a modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918. It was a result of strong aesthetic opposition to the ideas of Positivism...
movement is the Funeral (1904), depicting village folk from Bronowice. Kuczborski married Zofia Munk with whom he had a daughter, Irena Kuczborska (1907–1971), also a fine arts painter.
External links
- Stanisław Kuczborski's gallery at National Museum in Kraków.
- Kuczborski's paintings at "Dessa.pl" auction house.
- Stanisław Kuczborski at Galeria Marszałkowska. "Dessa.pl" auction house.