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Feb 6 2011
The Shepherd’s Concert by Wojciech Gerson, 1862
Academician / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Stanislas Lepine’s “The Shepherd’s Concert” of 1862. This is an intimate rendition of country life in Poland. This masterpiece was in the Kroneberg Collection but was lost in World War II. It was found in a sale on January 21, 2004 and restored to the Polish nation. The artist was born in 1831 Warsaw. He graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, returned to Warsaw and left for Paris in 1850 for further studies. He established a school in Warsaw in 1858 and was made a professor of the St. Petersburg Academy in 1878. He died in Warsaw at the age of seventy, never seeing the resurrection of his native land into an independent country. This is a fine example of his work and it is in the Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland.
Jan 30 2011
Cranes Take Off by Jozef Chelmonski, 1870
Impressionist / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Cranes Take Off” of 1870 by Jozef Marian Chelmonski. After being taught drawing by his father, Jozef Chelmonski entered the Warsaw Drawing Class in 1867 when he was eighteen. He moved to Munich when he was twenty-two where he studied further with Polish painters there. In 1872 he toured Polish lands under Russian administration and painted mostly landscapes. He went to Paris three years later and became very popular. He returned to live out his days in Poland in 1887 and he died there in 1914. This masterpiece is in the National Museum in Krakow, Poland.
Jan 24 2011
Spadająca Gwiazda, “Falling Star” by Witold Pruszkowski, 1884
Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This a reproduction of Witold Pruszkowski’s “Spadaj?ca Gwiazda”, or Falling Star, of 1884. Witold Pruszkowski was born in 1846 and spent his youth in Odessa and Kiev. He studied under Tadeusz Gorecki in Paris and moved to Munich and Krakow and studied under Jan Matejko in the latter city. He began as a portrait painter and in 1884 moved to a small village outside of Krakow where his subject matter became legends, fables and folk-tales. He painted Falling Star during this period and he died in 1896. This particular masterpiece is at the National Museum in Warsaw.
Dec 3 2010
Frenzy of Exultations by Wladyslaw Podkowinski, 1893
Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Wladyslaw Podkowinski ‘s Symbolist masterpiece “Frenzy of Exultations” of 1893. It is the premier work of Polish Symbolism prior to the re-establishment of the nation in 1918. The artist began the work in Paris in 1889 while in the throws of an intense romance. Podkowinski utilized the Academic technique of increasingly realistic sketches. The final version was completed while the artist was seriously ill and was displayed in Warsaw n March 18, 1894. The picture was sensationally greeted by the public and was very popular. However Podkowinski attacked the painting which ended the exhibition. AFter the artist’s death nine months later, the painting was restored and it toured Krakow, Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1904 it was given to the National Museum in Krakow.
Nov 23 2010
Rape of Ivan Mazeppa by Theodore Gericault, 1820
French / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “Rape of Ivan Mazeppa” of about 1820 by Theodore Gericault. This French master executed this work while in London when he was twenty-nine years old. This was during a period in which Gericault was refining his efforts to depict the human body. He returned to France where he inspired many young painters, among them Delacroix. He died in Paris in 1824. Ivan Mazeppa was a hero of the Ukraine being hetman of the Left Bank Don Cossacks who was caught up in the power struggles between the Russians, Swedes and Poles in the eighteenth century. This scene depicts an episode in his life immortalized in Lord Byron’s poem of 1818.
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