Leon Wyczółkowski

Leon Wyczółkowski studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Training under Antoni Kamieński, Rafał Hadziewicz and Wojciech Gerson is recorded. Ryszard Gawlikowski and Wojciech Weiss are recorded as having studied under Leon Wyczółkowski. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Poland. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. Positions recorded include rector. Work by Leon Wyczółkowski is recorded in the collections of Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, Silesian Museum in Katowice, National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Warsaw and National Gallery of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Gold Cross of Merit, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

• Name — Leon Wyczółkowski • Born — 11 April 1852 • Birthplace — Huta Miastowska, Congress Poland, Russian Empire • Died — 27 December 1936 • Place of death — Warsaw, Second Polish Republic • Field — Painting • Movement — * Realism • Impressionism

Wyczółkowski was born in Huta Miastowska near Garwolin in Congress Poland. At first, in his artistic experience he aimed at devoting himself to the genre of historical painting with documentary realism in the detail. After his trip to Paris though, he changed his focus and began implementing solutions typical of the French Impressionists. He painted dramatic landscapes, nudes, and pastoral scenes with impasto and impressionist lighting effects (e.g., "Paddling Fishermen"). For a short while he came under the influence of Symbolism (e.g., "Fossilized Druid"), and around 1900 darkened his palette. His work is characterized by a richness of form and complex technical means. Thanks to a friendship with Feliks Jasieński (also called Manggha), he expanded his interests to include oriental scenes as well. Wyczółkowski was a master of flower arrangements and still life. He portrayed almost the entire art world of Kraków. Wyczółkowski died 1936 in Warsaw. After the war, on the anniversary of his birthday (11 April 1946), the District Museum in Bydgoszcz took up his name in recognition of his outstanding achievements. His widow donated to the museum many of his works and belongings. The Bydgoszcz Museum owns one of the largest collections of Leon Wyczółkowski's paintings, drawings and graphics in Poland. The collection is complemented with numerous documents, a rich photographic archive, personal memorabilia, artistic workshop, and other original items from his mansion in Gościeradz. The collection, organized into a new department, consists of over 700 works of Leon Wyczółkowski. His most representative impressionist paintings can be found at the National Museum in Kraków, the National Museum in Warsaw, and at the Bydgoszcz Museum.

Leon Wyczółkowski is recorded as having received Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Gold Cross of Merit and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Portrait of Mrs. Reliquaries for the head and hand of St.