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Stanisław Witkiewicz

Baltic in Palanga. Landscape with a female figure. Wounded insurgent.

Also recorded as Stanislaus Witkiewicz · Stanisław Witkacy · Stanisław Witkace · Stanislaw Witkiewicz

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Biography

Winter landscape in the Tatra Mountains. On the pasture. MNW). Stanisław Witkiewicz was recorded as painter, architect, writer and art critic. Witkacy.

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.

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.

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1867 to 1920.

Jadwiga Janczewska, Zakopane, dated ca. Self-Portrait, Zakopane, dated c.

  • Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda

    1920

  • Sacred Heart chapel in Zakopane Jaszczurówka

  • Albertine Sisters Monastery in Zakopane

    1898

  • Pustelnia Brata Alberta

    1902

  • Villa Pod Jedlami in Zakopane

    1897

  • Villa Oksza in Zakopane

    1896

  • Villa Atma

  • Letters to the son

  • Halny wind

    1895 · National Museum in Kraków

  • On the pasture

    1875 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Wounded insurgent

    1881 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Baltic in Palanga

    1885 · National Museum in Warsaw

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  • Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda

    1920

  • Sacred Heart chapel in Zakopane Jaszczurówka

  • Albertine Sisters Monastery in Zakopane

    1898

  • Pustelnia Brata Alberta

    1902

  • Villa Pod Jedlami in Zakopane

    1897

  • Villa Oksza in Zakopane

    1896

  • Villa Atma

  • Letters to the son

  • Halny wind

    1895 · National Museum in Kraków

  • On the pasture

    1875 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Wounded insurgent

    1881 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Baltic in Palanga

    1885 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Winter landscape in the Tatra Mountains

    1890 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Landscape with a female figure

    1890 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Self-portrait

    1890 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Narrow gate

    1877 · National Museum in Warsaw

  • Portrait of a woman with a chalice

    National Museum in Warsaw. Sunset at the lake, dated 1867, held by National Museum in Warsaw

  • MNW. Modrzejewska as a fiddler

    1875 · National Museum in Warsaw. Funeral in the countryside, dated 1878, held by National Museum in Warsaw. Sheaves in the field, dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw. Chamois in the mountains, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Warsaw. Road in the forest, dated 1910, held by National Museum in Warsaw. Rest under Rocks, held by National Museum in Kraków

  • In Front of the Porch

    National Museum in Kraków

  • Sunset on the Sea

    National Museum in Kraków

  • Coast at Połąga

    1889 · National Museum in Kraków

  • Czarny Staw (The Blake Lake) – Blizzard

    1892 · National Museum in Kraków

  • Stream in the Forest

    1894 · National Museum in Kraków

  • Spring Mist

    1893 · National Museum in Kraków

A further 36 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1851–1920

  1. 1851

    Life

    Stanisław Witkiewicz born at Pašiaušė.

  2. 1867

    Institution

    Sunset at the lake, dated 1867, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  3. 1875

    Institution

    Modrzejewska as a fiddler, dated 1875, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  4. 1876

    Three of Siberian - In the Urals, dated 1876, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  5. 1878

    Institution

    Funeral in the countryside, dated 1878, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  6. 1885

    Institution

    Baltic in Palanga., dated 1885, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  7. 1889

    Institution

    Coast at Połąga, dated 1889, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  8. 1890

    Institution

    Winter landscape in the Tatra Mountains., dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  9. 1890

    Institution

    Landscape with a female figure., dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  10. 1890

    Institution

    Sheaves in the field, dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  11. 1892

    Institution

    Czarny Staw (The Blake Lake) – Blizzard, dated 1892, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  12. 1894

    Institution

    Stream in the Forest, dated 1894, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  13. 1894

    Institution

    Autumn Pasturage, dated 1894, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  14. 1895

    Institution

    Chamois in the mountains, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  15. 1895

    Institution

    Ukrainian Night, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  16. 1896

    Villa Oksza in Zakopane.

The full dated record · 29 entries

  1. 1851

    Stanisław Witkiewicz born at Pašiaušė.

  2. 1867

    Sunset at the lake, dated 1867, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  3. 1875

    Modrzejewska as a fiddler, dated 1875, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  4. 1876

    Three of Siberian - In the Urals, dated 1876, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/.

  5. 1878

    Funeral in the countryside, dated 1878, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  6. 1885

    Baltic in Palanga., dated 1885, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  7. 1889

    Coast at Połąga, dated 1889, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  8. 1890

    Winter landscape in the Tatra Mountains., dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  9. 1890

    Landscape with a female figure., dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  10. 1890

    Sheaves in the field, dated 1890, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  11. 1892

    Czarny Staw (The Blake Lake) – Blizzard, dated 1892, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  12. 1894

    Stream in the Forest, dated 1894, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  13. 1894

    Autumn Pasturage, dated 1894, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  14. 1895

    Chamois in the mountains, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  15. 1895

    Ukrainian Night, dated 1895, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  16. 1896

    Villa Oksza in Zakopane.

  17. 1897

    Crocuses with Snowy Mountains Behind, dated 1897, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  18. 1897

    Villa Pod Jedlami in Zakopane.

  19. 1898

    Albertine Sisters Monastery in Zakopane.

  20. 1899

    Apple-Trees in Bloom, dated 1899, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  21. 1901

    Lake with Water-Lilies, dated 1901, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  22. 1902

    Pustelnia Brata Alberta.

  23. 1902

    Spring Landscape with a Pond, dated 1902, held by National Museum in Kraków.

  24. 1903

    Dziwny człowiek digitised by Internet Archive.

  25. 1903

    Aleksander Gierymski digitised by Internet Archive.

  26. 1906

    Juliusz Kossak digitised by Internet Archive.

  27. 1910

    Road in the forest, dated 1910, held by National Museum in Warsaw.

  28. 1915

    Stanisław Witkiewicz died at Lovran.

  29. 1920

    Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda.

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Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Pašiaušė

    Birth place

  • Lovran

    Death place

Where the work is held

Collections

Stanisław Witkiewicz received Cross of Independence.

Primary material

Documents and archives

scholarly publication

reference work

Literature

Bibliography

Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy; Ps. Witkiewicz-Father and Son: The Double Portrait, The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2013.

  • Witkiewicz, Stanisław

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

  • Witkacy

  • Wychowanie przez sztukę

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

  • Stanisław Witkiewicz jako malarz dźwięku, Litteraria Copernicana, 2018

  • Estetyka Stanisława Witkiewicza z dzisiejszej perspektywy, Litteraria Copernicana, 2018

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

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