Stanisław Dębicki

Stanisław Dębicki studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Training under Christian Griepenkerl is recorded. Leon Getz, Symche Trachter and Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa are recorded as having studied under Stanisław Dębicki. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is painting and graphics. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, landscape and still life. Work by Stanisław Dębicki is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków and National Museum in Wrocław.

He was born in Lubaczów. From 1881 to 1884, he studied with Christian Griepenkerl at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, then with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. Next, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich from 1890-1891 and, finally, the Académie Colarossi in Paris. In 1897, he was a member of the Vienna Secession. His first job was teaching at the Ceramics Industry School (Szkole Przemysłu Ceramicznego) in Kołomyja, then he took a position at a private drawing school operated by Marceli Harasimowicz in Lwów. In 1909, he returned to Kraków to become an assistant at the Art Academy. He was promoted to Professor upon the death of Stanisław Wyspiański. During this period, he also taught an occasional class at the School of Fine Arts for Women (Szkole Sztuk Pięknych dla Kobiet). In 1923, he became a Full Member of the Academy by authority of Maciej Rataj, President of Poland. Later that same year, in poor health, Dębicki chose to retire. He would often make painting excursions into the countryside, where he captured scenes from the lives of the local Hutsuls and Galician Jews. Although he worked in almost every artistic medium, he produced relatively few paintings, compared to most artists, and made little effort to exhibit or promote himself. It was once said that he was the only one who didn't appreciate his work. Dębicki died in 1924 in Kraków.

Stanisław Dębicki is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Classed in the genre landscape painting. Recorded as painter, illustrator, art educator, draftsperson and artist.