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Garden with an Apple Tree

Jan Stanislawski

Basic information

ID: Ж-2220
Author: Jan Stanislawski
Name: Garden with an Apple Tree
Date of creation: 1890
Technique: oil painting
Material: plywood oil
Dimensions: 22.3 x 32.5 cm (height x width)

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Type: painting
Genre: landscape
Provenance: Collection of Boleslaw Orzechowicz
Exposition: Lozinski Palace

Information about author

Author: Jan Stanislawski
Author in the original: Jan Grzegorz Stanisławski
Artist's lifetime: 1860–1907
Country: russian empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: Jan Stanislawski (June 24, 1860, Vilshana, Cherkasy region, Ukraine – January 6, 1907, Krakow, Kingdom of Poland) was a prominent Impressionist painter, graphic artist, educator, professor at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, and co-founder of the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". He led the Krakow School of Landscape Painting ("Stanislawski School"). He studied mathematics at the University of Warsaw and the Petersburg Technological Institute. Later, he became interested in painting and enrolled in the Drawing School in Warsaw (a painting class under W. Gerson). Then, he studied at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts under W. Luszczkiewicz (1883–1885). Later, he refined his skills at art studios in Paris (1885–1888). From 1888 to 1895, he travelled through France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Jan Stanislawski's artistic work was significantly linked to Ukraine. The artist visited his homeland every year and dedicated numerous works to it. His canvases feature landscapes of Kyiv, Bila Tserkva, Kaniv, and other Ukrainian cities. He was a member of the pedagogical council of the Kyiv Drawing School of Mykola Murashko. His students and followers included Ukrainian artists Mykola Burachek, Ivan Trush, Oleksa Novakivskyi, and others. Jan Stanislawski is known for his atmospheric landscapes, mostly of small size, characterised by an unfinished sketch-like quality that imparts a distinctive expressiveness to his works. He painted Polish and Ukrainian landscapes featuring cottages, churches, fields, and gardens. He worked in graphic arts and designed posters, Krakow nativity scenes (verteps), and theatrical decorations. The artist's works are preserved in Krakow, Warsaw, Kyiv, and Lviv museums.

Object description

On the right side of the foreground in the horizontal composition, an old sprawling apple tree is depicted on a bright green meadow. Among scattered leaves, a few red apples are hanging on its branches. In the background, against the blue sky with white clouds, two more trees with broad dark green canopies are visible.

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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