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Post by Bonobo on Dec 30, 2008 0:07:55 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 24, 2009 13:36:38 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 28, 2009 14:57:21 GMT 1
Zofia Stryjeńska www.forum-polonia-houston.com/Art/Zstryj/zs.htmZofia Stryjenska, one of the most acclaimed artists in Poland during the period between the two World Wars, was called " Her Royal Highness, Princess of Polish Painting." A multifaceted artist, she was a painter, muralist, graphic artist, book illustrator, as well as designer of kilims, toys, posters, stage sets, and costumes. After World War II and the subsequent institution of the Communist regime in Poland, she was systematically relegated to insignificance, her contribution to Polish art ignored.1 In fact, she was discredited because she refused to join the government-run Union of Polish Artists. The government's efforts were so successful that even today her contribution is considered minor. Yet, despite this treatment, the Communist government, without her permission, appropriated her paintings and illustrations of Polish subjects and folklore for mass-produced postcards, calendars, plate decorations, and other objects, and used her graphic designs for various commercial purposes. Her name even was signed to works created by others. Needless to say, she was never paid royalties, nor did she claim any; she merely lamented the poor quality of the reproductions.
Zofia Stryjenska was born May 13, 1891, in Krakow, and died February 28, 1974, in Geneva. She was the oldest of six children of Franciszek Lubanski (d. 1929) and Anna Skrzynska Lubanska (d. 1948). Franciszek owned a fashionable store specializing in gloves, which he also manufactured. (Although before her marriage she signed her work Zofia Lubanska, Polish art historians always refer to her as Stryjenska.) She first attended a craft school, then a teacher's seminary, and until 1909 Leonard Stroynowski's private art school. When the latter closed she enrolled in Maria Niedzielska's Fine Arts School for Women, studying painting, drawing, and applied arts. In his memoir, her father recorded that at the end of her studies there, in the latter part of June 1911, Zofia received two awards, one for painting, the other for applied arts.2 He also recounted that since at that time no women were allowed to attend any of the officially sanctioned art academies, his daughter decided to pose as a man, and proceeded to dress like one. She appropriated the passport of her brother, Tadeusz Grzymala-Lubanski and left for Munich on October 1, 1911. She was among the 40 students admitted to the Munich Art Academy from a pool of 200 applicants.3 After a year and a half in Munich, attending school as a male, some of her classmates became suspicious and she re turned to Krakow.        farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/3323782582_e4dcd54fb5.jpg?v=0farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3333688892_661662b535.jpg?v=0farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3322430715_0336b749e7.jpg?v=0napiorkowska.pl/uploaded_images/Stryjenska-777199.jpg |
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Post by tufta on Oct 28, 2009 17:41:54 GMT 1
I cant find the 'comics is also the art' thread, so I will post here this short message. Bo, you should take a look at the last edition of "Dialog" www.dialog.waw.pl/index.php?cmd=showIssue&lang=enIn the paper version there's a huge article you will love, adore and read loudly to anyone you meet . "Komiks i animacja' is the title  Do you know, for instance, that there are some comics in the American schools 'must read' lists? |
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Post by valpomike on Oct 29, 2009 0:08:39 GMT 1
Her paintings are good, but not of my style. If you ever come across some work by Stanislaw Dabrowski, please post it. I have one of his works, a Polish folk wedding, of the past, with peasants in costumes. I love it, and would not take a million for it.
Mike
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Post by valpomike on Nov 1, 2009 20:58:58 GMT 1
Does any one know of this painter, of which I speak, or his work?
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 1, 2009 21:05:34 GMT 1
Does any one know of this painter, of which I speak, or his work? Mike He wasn`t really a painter. He worked as an art academic teacher. |
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Post by valpomike on Nov 1, 2009 21:17:55 GMT 1
But he did paintings, mine and I understand many others.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 1, 2009 22:25:56 GMT 1
But he did paintings, mine and I understand many others. Mike Let`s face the truth. He didn`t commit too many paintings and they are not worth much today. He was 6th league painter, that is why he worked at art academy as a teacher. ;D ;D ;D ;D One of his acts:  I am really sorry Mike. But I am sure you will take it like a man. |
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Post by valpomike on Nov 2, 2009 16:54:11 GMT 1
This must be the wrong guy, the one you showed, is not his style. Could there be another with the same name?
Mike
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Post by valpomike on Nov 2, 2009 16:55:45 GMT 1
His singing does not look the same, either.
Mike
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