A tomb among the trees
| Author: | Kazimierz Stabrowski (1869–1929) |
Kazimierz Stabrowski, a painter and teacher of m.K. Čiurlionis, was born on 21 November 1869 on the Kruplany estate near Navahrudak, in the Hrodna region. He attended gymnasium in Bialystok, and from 1887 to 1894 he studied at the St Petersburg Academy of Art. In 1892 he was sent to Turkey and Palestine to gather material for his diploma paper ‘Mahomet in the Desert’, for which he received a gold medal. He also travelled in Egypt and Greece. Until 1897, he improved his skills in Ilya Repin’s class, and later at the Académie Julian in Paris. He lived in St Petersburg between 1898 and 1902, and participated, together with Russian artists, in the international exhibitions in Paris (he won a silver medal in 1900), in Vienna (1901) and Venice (1903). He lived in Warsaw between 1904 and 1915, and from 1904 to 1909 he was director of the Warsaw School of Art. In 1902 he joined the group of Polish artists called Sztuka, and was one of the founders of the artists’ group Sursum Corda. He supported the idea of the first exhibitions of Lithuanian art (from 1907 to 1914), and participated in six exhibitions himself. He had personal exhibitions in Warsaw, St Petersburg, Poznan and Lodz. He died on 8 June 1929 in Garwolin, in the Siedlce district of Poland.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė.
Kazimierz Stabrowski, a painter and teacher of m.K. Čiurlionis, was born on 21 November 1869 on the Kruplany estate near Navahrudak, in the Hrodna region. He attended gymnasium in Bialystok, and from 1887 to 1894 he studied at the St Petersburg Academy of Art. In 1892 he was sent to Turkey and Palestine to gather material for his diploma paper ‘Mahomet in the Desert’, for which he received a gold medal. He also travelled in Egypt and Greece. Until 1897, he improved his skills in Ilya Repin’s class, and later at the Académie Julian in Paris. He lived in St Petersburg between 1898 and 1902, and participated, together with Russian artists, in the international exhibitions in Paris (he won a silver medal in 1900), in Vienna (1901) and Venice (1903). He lived in Warsaw between 1904 and 1915, and from 1904 to 1909 he was director of the Warsaw School of Art. In 1902 he joined the group of Polish artists called Sztuka, and was one of the founders of the artists’ group Sursum Corda. He supported the idea of the first exhibitions of Lithuanian art (from 1907 to 1914), and participated in six exhibitions himself. He had personal exhibitions in Warsaw, St Petersburg, Poznan and Lodz. He died on 8 June 1929 in Garwolin, in the Siedlce district of Poland.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė.
