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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was born on 24 February 1885. Dr. Self-portrait with apples.

Also recorded as St. I. Witkiewicz · S. I. Witkiewicz · Witkacy · Stanislav Ignat︠s︡iĭ Vitkevich

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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Witkacy Autoportret, 1924

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Biography

Born:2: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was born on 1 January 1885.

Dr.

Mr.

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

Died:2: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz died on 1 January 1939.

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded with the gender male.

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded as having studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is associated with Expressionism.

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded with the occupation playwright.

Occupation:2: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded with the occupation philosopher.

Occupation:3: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded with the occupation writer.

Occupation:4: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded with the occupation photographer.

Occupation:5: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded with the occupation painter.

Occupation:6: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded with the occupation poet.

He also worked under the names Witkacy and Stanisław Ignacy Witkacy. The authorities additionally record the headings St. His recorded language was Polish.

He was the child of Stanisław Witkiewicz and Maria Witkiewiczowa. He married Jadwiga Witkiewicz.

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz worked in fiction, painting and drawing. His work is associated with Expressionism.

He worked at Saint Petersburg, Warsaw and Zakopane.

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded as a citizen of Second Polish Republic. Recorded with the occupation photographer. 5584).

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The recorded working language is Polish.

The field of work recorded is fiction, painting and drawing. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is recorded as an influence.

Residence is recorded at Saint Petersburg and Warsaw.

Works named in the authority record are Szewcy.

Work by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Silesian Museum in Katowice, Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw, National Museum in Warsaw and Museum of Art in Łódź.

Distinctions recorded are Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature.

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1909 to 1950.

The anonymous work. Das Wasserhuhn; Narr und Nonne. Self-Portrait, dated c. Self-Portrait, Zakopane, dated c.

  • Stanisław Witkiewicz o sztuce, krytyce artystycznej, stylu zakopiańskim, wybitnych twórcach sprawach narodowych i społecznych

  • Portrait of Jadwiga Pulichowa, née Fedorowicz

    1927 · Wojciech Fibak art collection

  • Portrait of Janina Bastgen

    1933 · National Museum in Kraków.a-14524

  • Portrait of Julian Tuwim

    1929 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Portrait of Jadwiga Witkiewiczowa

    1925 · Pomeranian Library in Szczecin

  • Composition green eye

    1918 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Multiple Portrait

    1950 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Portrait of Mieczysław Gajewicz

    1936 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Portrait of Helena Białynicka-Birula

    1927 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Furia Adormentata

    1913 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Arsenic

    1918 · Collection of Stefan Okołowicz

  • Composition with a sleeping woman and a monster (Suicide)

    1920 · National Museum in Warsaw. Witkacy, metaphysische Portraits

  • Piesi

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  • Portrait of Jadwiga Pulichowa, née Fedorowicz

    1927 · Wojciech Fibak art collection

  • Portrait of Janina Bastgen

    1933 · National Museum in Kraków.a-14524

  • Portrait of Julian Tuwim

    1929 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Portrait of Jadwiga Witkiewiczowa

    1925 · Pomeranian Library in Szczecin

  • Composition green eye

    1918 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Multiple Portrait

    1950 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Portrait of Mieczysław Gajewicz

    1936 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Portrait of Helena Białynicka-Birula

    1927 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Furia Adormentata

    1913 · Museum of Art in Łódź

  • Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Arsenic

    1918 · Collection of Stefan Okołowicz

  • Composition with a sleeping woman and a monster (Suicide)

    1920 · National Museum in Warsaw. Witkacy, metaphysische Portraits

  • Piesi

  • Pénélope

  • Narkotyki

  • Zagadnienie psychofizyczne

  • W małym dworku

  • Literaci w portretach Witkacego

  • Szkice estetyczne

  • Nowe formy w malarstwie i wynikające stąd nieporozumienia

  • Jedyne wyjście

  • Stanisław Witkiewicz o sztuce, krytyce artystycznej, stylu zakopiańskim, wybitnych twórcach sprawach narodowych i społecznych

  • Pożegnanie jesieni

  • Theoretische Schriften zum Theater

  • Nowe formy w malarstwie i inne pisma estetyczne

A further 25 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1885–1939

  1. 1885

    Life

    Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was born on 24 February 1885.

  2. 1901

    Institution

    Landscape by night, dated 1901, held by Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw.

  3. 1909

    Portrait of Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska, dated 1909, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  4. 1911

    Institution

    Mountain landscape, Yellow Peak - Granaty, dated 1911, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  5. 1911

    Institution

    Composition with five figures, dated 1911, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  6. 1911

    Institution

    Sun – the heart of the day, dated 1911, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  7. 1912

    Institution

    Portrait of Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska, dated 1912, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  8. 1913

    Institution

    View on Kopieniec from Antałówka, dated 1913, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  9. 1913

    Career

    Portrait of Professor Leon Chwistek, dated 1913, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  10. 1914

    Institution

    Portrait of Maria Zielińska, dated 1914, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  11. 1915

    Institution

    Kiss of a Mongolian prince in a glacial desert, dated 1915, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  12. 1915

    Institution

    Kiss of a Mongolian prince in a glacial desert (National Museum in Warsaw).

  13. 1916

    Institution

    Gravedigger’s monologue (National Museum in Kraków).

  14. 1917

    Institution

    Antares in Scorpio, dated 1917, held by Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw.

  15. 1917

    Institution

    Portrait of an officer with a cigarete, dated 1917, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  16. 1918

    Institution

    Australian landscape, dated 1918, held by Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw.

The full dated record · 73 entries

  1. 1885

    Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was born on 24 February 1885.

  2. 1901

    Landscape by night, dated 1901, held by Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw.

  3. 1909

    Portrait of Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska, dated 1909, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  4. 1911

    Mountain landscape, Yellow Peak - Granaty, dated 1911, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  5. 1911

    Composition with five figures, dated 1911, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  6. 1911

    Sun – the heart of the day, dated 1911, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  7. 1912

    Portrait of Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska, dated 1912, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  8. 1913

    View on Kopieniec from Antałówka, dated 1913, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  9. 1913

    Portrait of Professor Leon Chwistek, dated 1913, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  10. 1914

    Portrait of Maria Zielińska, dated 1914, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  11. 1915

    Kiss of a Mongolian prince in a glacial desert, dated 1915, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  12. 1915

    Kiss of a Mongolian prince in a glacial desert (National Museum in Warsaw).

  13. 1916

    Gravedigger’s monologue (National Museum in Kraków).

  14. 1917

    Antares in Scorpio, dated 1917, held by Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw.

  15. 1917

    Portrait of an officer with a cigarete, dated 1917, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  16. 1918

    Australian landscape, dated 1918, held by Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw.

  17. 1918

    Australian landscape (Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw).

  18. 1918

    Volpecula (National Museum in Kraków).

  19. 1920

    Two heads (1920) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  20. 1920

    Marysia with the dog Burek on Ceylon, dated 1920, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  21. 1920

    Composition with a sleeping woman and a monster (Suicide), dated 1920, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  22. 1921

    Jupiter turning into a bull, dated 1921, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  23. 1921

    Fantasy - Fairy-tale (National Museum in Warsaw).

  24. 1924

    Portrait of a boy, Tomasz Domaniewski, dated 1924, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  25. 1924

    Portrait of Kazimiera Żuławska, dated 1924, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  26. 1924

    Portrait of a boy, Tomasz Domaniewski (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  27. 1925

    Portrait of Maria Nawrocka, dated 1925, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  28. 1925

    Portrait of Lena Iżycka, dated 1925, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  29. 1925

    Portrait of Karol Krystall, dated 1925, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  30. 1925

    Portrait of Irena Wiedyskiewicz-Polniakowa, dated 1925, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  31. 1925

    Portrait of a doctor from Krakow, dated 1925, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  32. 1926

    Portrait of Włodzimierz Nawrocki, dated 1926, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  33. 1927

    Deception of woman, with self-portrait (Portrait of Maryla Grossmanowa), dated 1927, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  34. 1927

    Portrait of Maria Stawarska-Golińska, dated 1927, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  35. 1927

    Portrait of Bogdan Jax Ronikier, dated 1927, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  36. 1927

    Portrait of Bogdan Jax Ronikier (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  37. 1928

    Portrait of Bohdan Filipowski, dated 1928, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  38. 1928

    Portrait of Irena Krzywicka, dated 1928, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  39. 1928

    Portrait of Leopold Gebl, dated 1928, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  40. 1928

    Portrait of Maria Kasprowiczowa ( The Crying Knight), dated 1928, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  41. 1928

    Portrait of Zofia Mohuczyna, dated 1928, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  42. 1928

    Portrait of Leon Reynel, dated 1928, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  43. 1928

    Portrait of Jadwiga Ziębina, née Trembecka, dated 1928, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  44. 1929

    Portrait of Louis de Laveaux, dated 1929, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  45. 1929

    Portrait of Zofia Bylczyńska, dated 1929, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  46. 1929

    Portrait of Irena Fedorowicz, dated 1929, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  47. 1930

    Portrait of Helena Białynicka-Birula, "Old Jew", dated 1930, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  48. 1930

    Portrait of Helena Białynicka-Birula, dated 1930, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  49. 1930

    Portrait of Nena Stachurska, dated 1930, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  50. 1930

    Portrait of Aleksandra Totwenowa, dated 1930, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  51. 1930

    Portrait of Arthur Schroeder, dated 1930, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  52. 1930

    Portrait of Czesława Oknińska-Korzeniowska, dated 1930, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  53. 1930

    Woman's Portrait (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  54. 1931

    Portrait of Zofia Jagodowska, dated 1931, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  55. 1931

    Portrait of Zofia Jagodowska (Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk).

  56. 1931

    Portrait of Zofia Schroeder (Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk).

  57. 1931

    God the Father pondered for the first time the essence of the Earth (not the world), dated 1931, held by Collection of Stefan Okołowicz.

  58. 1931

    Portrait of Wojciech Korfanty, dated 1931, held by History Museum of Katowice.

  59. 1931

    God the Father pondered for the first time the essence of the Earth (not the world) (Collection of Stefan Okołowicz).

  60. 1931

    Portrait of Jadwiga Skibińska née Niedźwiecka, dated 1931, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  61. 1931

    Portrait of Modesta Zwolińska, dated 1931, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  62. 1931

    Portrait of Modesta Zwolińska (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  63. 1931

    Portrait of Anna Rydel (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  64. 1933

    Portrait of Janina Turowska-Leszczyńska, dated 1933, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  65. 1933

    Portrait of the pianist Gorecki, dated 1933, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  66. 1934

    Portrait of Joanna Czaplicka-Rzepka, dated 1934, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  67. 1936

    The pilgrims to Jute-Juta..., dated 1936, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  68. 1936

    Portrait of Stanisław Motyka, dated 1936, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  69. 1936

    Portrait of Stanisław Motyka (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  70. 1937

    Portrait of Eugenia Wyszomirska-Kuźnicka, dated 1937, held by History Museum of Katowice.

  71. 1937

    Portrait of Eugeniusz Lorek, dated 1937, held by Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk.

  72. 1939

    Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz died in 1939 at Velyki Ozera.

  73. 1939

    Double portrait of Helena Lisińska and Jan Gadomski, with a burning city background, dated 1939, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

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  • Saint Petersburg, Warsaw and Zakopane
  • Warsaw
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  • Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was born at Warsaw.

    Birthplace

  • Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz died at Velyki Ozera.

    Deathplace

  • Velyki Ozera

    Death place

  • Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz died at Jeziorany.

    Deathplace

Where the work is held

Collections

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz received Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature.

Where material relating to Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is held.

Primary material

Documents and archives

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is associated with Expressionism.

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Literature

Bibliography

Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy; Ps. Witkiewicz-Father and Son: The Double Portrait, The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2013. Pocztówki z piekła: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz w Paryżu 1908, Pamiętnik Teatralny, 2016.

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

  • Witkacy

  • Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

  • Surfeit

  • Philosophies of Jürgen Habermas and Jean Baudrillard against the background of St

  • Demoniczna teoria kultury. „JKB-Demon” Karola Irzykowskiego i „Leon Chwistek – Demon Intelektu” Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza, Prace Filologiczne

  • Literaturoznawstwo, 2023

  • Wychowanie przez sztukę

  • Stanisław Witkiewicz i Witkacy a romantyzm, Litteraria Copernicana, 2018

  • The Editor’s Hell”, or on Witkacy’s Letters to His Wife, Przestrzenie Teorii, 2010

  • Witkacy, Cocteau i inni

  • Amatorskie filmy Augusta Zamoyskiego, Images, 2017

  • Maria Kokoszyńska-Lutmanowa i Witkacego „ostatni w życiu Abhandlung o logice”, Litteraria Copernicana, 2023

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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. His recorded influences include Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

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