Ludwik Stasiak
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Ludwik Stasiak was a Polish
painter, illustrator, writer, journalist, essayist and publisher.
After graduation from the renowned School of Fine Arts in Kraków
, he traveled across Europe and studied fine arts in Vienna (August Eisenmenger) and Munich (A.W. Wagner and Alexander von Liezen-Mayer). His artistic heritage includes historical, religious, and landscape paintings, allegories, portraits, still lifes and dioramas. Ludwik Stasiak was well recognized as a popular magazine illustrator for: “Bluszcz”, “Kłosy”, “Biesida Literacka”, “Ziemia”, “Tygodnik Ilustrowany”, “Wędrowiec”, and as an author of popular historical novels and essays. Ludwik Stasiak had also founded and run his own publishing house "Stella". Stasiak along with Włodzimierz Tetmajer, Wincenty Wodzinowski
, Stanisław Radziejowski and Kacper Żelechowski has been associated with the so called "chlopomaniacy" (peasantmaniacs) artistic trend in Poland. The topics of his paintings and drawings were often associated with beauty of the Malopolska
landscape, day-to-day countryside activities and folklore.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
painter, illustrator, writer, journalist, essayist and publisher.
After graduation from the renowned School of Fine Arts in Kraków
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, or Kraków Academy of Fine Arts , located in Kraków, Poland, is the oldest Polish fine-arts academy, established in 1818.It is a state-run university that offers 5- and 6-year Master's degree programs...
, he traveled across Europe and studied fine arts in Vienna (August Eisenmenger) and Munich (A.W. Wagner and Alexander von Liezen-Mayer). His artistic heritage includes historical, religious, and landscape paintings, allegories, portraits, still lifes and dioramas. Ludwik Stasiak was well recognized as a popular magazine illustrator for: “Bluszcz”, “Kłosy”, “Biesida Literacka”, “Ziemia”, “Tygodnik Ilustrowany”, “Wędrowiec”, and as an author of popular historical novels and essays. Ludwik Stasiak had also founded and run his own publishing house "Stella". Stasiak along with Włodzimierz Tetmajer, Wincenty Wodzinowski
Wincenty Wodzinowski
Wincenty Wodzinowski was a Polish painter. He was first a student of Wojciech Gerson in Warsaw, and moved to Krakow in 1881 for further study. From 1890 until 1892 he studied in Munich.-References:* on artnet...
, Stanisław Radziejowski and Kacper Żelechowski has been associated with the so called "chlopomaniacy" (peasantmaniacs) artistic trend in Poland. The topics of his paintings and drawings were often associated with beauty of the Malopolska
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland, with its capital in the city of Kraków. It forms the southeastern corner of the country, and should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only a small, southern part of Lesser Poland...
landscape, day-to-day countryside activities and folklore.