Stanisław Witkiewicz

Stanisław Witkiewicz was a Russian painter, architect, writer and art critic (1851–1915). He was born at Pašiaušė and died at Lovran.

Also recorded as Stanislaus Witkiewicz; Stanisław Witkacy; Stanisław Witkace; Stanislaw Witkiewicz.

Stanisław Witkiewicz in brief

Born
1851
Died
1915
Known for
painter, architect, writer and art critic
Place of birth
Pašiaušė
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Stanislaus Witkiewicz, Stanisław Witkacy, Stanisław Witkace and Stanislaw Witkiewicz. His recorded language was Polish.

He was the child of Ignacy Witkiewicz and Elwira Szemiot. He married Maria Witkiewiczowa. One child is recorded: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz.

Recognition and collections

Stanisław Witkiewicz received Cross of Independence. Work by Stanisław Witkiewicz is held by National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków, Museum of Art in Łódź and Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

Catalogued works

47 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1867 to 2018.

Letters to the son. Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda, dated 1920. Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba, dated 1993. Sacred Heart chapel in Zakopane Jaszczurówka. Albertine Sisters Monastery in Zakopane, dated 1898. Pustelnia Brata Alberta, dated 1902. Villa Pod Jedlami in Zakopane, dated 1897. Villa Oksza in Zakopane, dated 1896. Villa Atma. Three of Siberian - In the Urals, dated 1876, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/4e2a33e1927d19cd7da4a9f6039d90ed. Halny wind, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-490. On the pasture., dated 1875, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 100. Wounded insurgent., dated 1881, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 64. Baltic in Palanga., dated 1885, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 722. Winter landscape in the Tatra Mountains., dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 720. Landscape with a female figure., dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 5046. Self-portrait, dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 1142. Narrow gate, dated 1877, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 4018. Portrait of a woman with a chalice, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 723 MNW. Sunset at the lake, dated 1867, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory Rys.Pol.14138 MNW. Modrzejewska as a fiddler, dated 1875, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 719 MNW. Funeral in the countryside, dated 1878, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 4878 MNW. Sheaves in the field, dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 721 MNW. Chamois in the mountains, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 4934 MNW. Road in the forest, dated 1910, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 725 MNW. Rest under Rocks, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-391. In Front of the Porch, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-405. Sunset on the Sea, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-392. Coast at Połąga, dated 1889, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-831. Czarny Staw (The Blake Lake) – Blizzard, dated 1892, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-491. Stream in the Forest, dated 1894, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-400. Spring Mist, dated 1893, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-408. Autumn Pasturage, dated 1894, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-397. Ukrainian Night, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-403. Source, dated 1896, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-401. Crocuses with Snowy Mountains Behind, dated 1897, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-394. Dusk, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-396. Apple-Trees in Bloom, dated 1899, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-395. Lake with Water-Lilies, dated 1901, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-407. Spring Landscape with a Pond, dated 1902, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-a-406. Jadwiga Janczewska, Zakopane, dated ca. 1913, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2005.100.896. Tadeus Langier, Zakopane, dated 1912–13, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2005.100.582. [Self-Portrait, "Collapse, with Lamp", Zakopane], dated ca. 1913, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2005.100.899. [Self-Portrait], dated 1912, printed later, gelatin silver print, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2005.100.131. Arthur Rubinstein, Zakopane, dated 1913/14, varnished carbon print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1994.44. Self-Portrait, Zakopane, dated c. 1910, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2024.1157. Narcotics : Nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, peyote, morphine, ether + appendices, including selections from Farewell to autumn / Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ; translated from the Polish by Soren A. Gauger., dated 2018, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 7 named public collections.

National Museum in Kraków: 24 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Museum in Warsaw: 22 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/4e2a33e1927d19cd7da4a9f6039d90ed: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Witkiewicz, Stanisław. Witkiewicz [Witkacy], Stanisław Ignacy, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy; Ps. Witkacy. Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Papierek lakmusowy / Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Papier tournesol, Le futurisme polonais, 1918-1924/ Polski Futuryzm, 1918-1924 (Vol.1), 2024. STANISŁAW IGNACY WITKIEWICZ, Polish Minds That Shaped World Philosophy, 2026. Witkiewicz-Father and Son: The Double Portrait, The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2013. Heglowsko-platońskie inspiracje pierwszych polskich estetyków akademickich. Część druga: Henryk Struve, The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2016. Wychowanie przez sztukę. Stanisław Witkiewicz i Witkacy a romantyzm, Litteraria Copernicana, 2018. Stanisław Witkiewicz jako malarz dźwięku, Litteraria Copernicana, 2018. Architektura nowego stylu zakopiańskiego. Odrodzenie stylowe czy popkulturowy kicz i historyczne niezrozumienie?, Artifex Novus, 2021. The Activity of Tadas Daugirdas in Warsaw (1877–1891): From a Painter to an Archaeologist, Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2022. Estetyka Stanisława Witkiewicza z dzisiejszej perspektywy, Litteraria Copernicana, 2018. Utracone piękno. O zniszczeniach zabytkowej architektury Zakopanego, Artifex Novus, 2021.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Dziwny człowiek (1903) — Internet Archive. Juliusz Kossak (1906) — Internet Archive. Aleksander Gierymski (1903) — Internet Archive. ...Aleksander Gierymski (1903) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 22 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Stanisław Witkiewicz studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. the recorded working language is Polish.

Work by Stanisław Witkiewicz is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków, Museum of Art in Łódź and Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

Distinctions recorded are Cross of Independence.

Chronology

  1. 1851Stanisław Witkiewicz born at Pašiaušė.
  2. 1898Albertine Sisters Monastery in Zakopane.
  3. 1902Pustelnia Brata Alberta.
  4. 1903Dziwny człowiek digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1903Aleksander Gierymski digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1903...Aleksander Gierymski digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1906Juliusz Kossak digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1915Stanisław Witkiewicz died at Lovran.
  9. 1920Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda.
  10. 1993Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Papierek lakmusowy / Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Papier tournesol, Le futurisme polonais, 1918-1924/ Polski Futuryzm, 1918-1924 (Vol.1), 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    STANISŁAW IGNACY WITKIEWICZ, Polish Minds That Shaped World Philosophy, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Witkiewicz [Witkacy], Stanisław Ignacy, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Witkiewicz, Stanisław

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy; Ps. Witkacy

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 12 articles naming Stanisław Witkiewicz.

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 5 digitised items catalogued under Stanisław Witkiewicz as creator.

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Stanisław Witkiewicz.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Stanisław Witkiewicz (6 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Stanisław Witkiewicz.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q684591: Stanisław Witkiewicz

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “Stanisław Witkiewicz”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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