Stanisław Chlebowski

Stanisław Chlebowski, Sultan Bayezid prisoned by Timur, 1878, depicting the capture of Bayezid by Timur.
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Stanisław Chlebowski (1835–1884) was a Polish painter with Russian and Turkish connections. He was a renowned specialist in oriental themes.[1]

Biography

Chlebowski was born in Podole, and learned drawing in Odessa. Between 1853-1859, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, and then on a scholarship for six years in Paris as the pupil of the French orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Chlebowski traveled to Spain, Italy, Germany, and Belgium. His first success was selling his painting "Joanne d’Arc in Amiens prison” to Napoleon III of France

In the years 1864-1876 Chlebowski was master painter for Sultan Abdülaziz and took up residence in Constantinople.[1] Chlebowski became popular with the Sultanate. During his services, he had obtained permission to bring with him a large Icon of Mother of God Leading our Way having been rescued from an Odegon Monastery in 1453. He had come across it in one of the magasins with old relics, unheeded by the Ottoman keeper. This account is certified in a letter by Comité National Polonais a Constantinople, dated June 27, 1938.

In 1876 he moved to Paris. In 1881 he returned permanently to Krakow. The subject matter of his watercolors and oil paintings is diverse. He painted images of historical battles related to the history of Turkey, oriental genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits of Sultans. He died near Poznań in Kowanówko at age 49.

Chlebowski lived abroad for a long time and as a result his paintings were very rare in Poland.[2] The National Museum in Krakow houses some of his other important Orientalist works such as "Entrée de Mahomet II á Stamboul".[3]

Selected works

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References

Inline
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mendelsohn, Ezra (2002). Painting a People: Maurycy Gottlieb and Jewish Art. Brandeis University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-58465-179-6.
  2. ↑ Janicki, Stanislaw. "Polish Art Collections in Michigan, Part 2 of 3" Creative Gene, August 04, 2006, retrieved on August 3, 2008.
  3. ↑ Stanisław Chlebowski, retrieved on August 3, 2008.
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