Stanisław Lentz
| Stanisław Lentz | |
|---|---|
 Stanisław Lentz with Mrozowski Priest | |
| Born |
Stanisław Lentz 23 April 1861 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died |
19 October 1920 (aged 59) Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality |
 Polish |
| Education | University of Warsaw |
| Known for | Painting, portratist, illustrator, professor at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1909 |
| Movement | Realism |
| Awards | Strajk (1910) |
Stanislaw Lentz (born April 23, 1861 in Warsaw, d. October 19, 1920) - Polish painter, portraitist, illustrator, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1909.
Biography
He studied at the Krakow School of Fine Arts with professor Feliks Szynalewski and Izydor Jabłoński in the years 1877-1879, he continued his studies in Wojciech Gerson's Drawing Class in Warsaw. Later he studied abroad in the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with professor Alexander von Wagner and Gyula Benczúr, 1880-1884, and in the Académie Julian in Paris in the years 1884-1887.[1]
After returning to Warsaw he teamed up with magazines.[2] His illustrations were published by:
- Kłosy (1887-1890),
- Tygodnik Ilustrowany (1887-1898, 1905-1906, 1909–1910),
- Kurier Codzienny (1890-1891)
In 1888 he became a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. In 1910 he joined the Society of Polish Artists Sztuka. He traveled frequently abroad: in 1896 he was in Berlin, Paris and Madrid, in 1897 he visited Paris, Normandy 1900, in the years 1903 to 1914 (except 1904) he and his wife spent the summer in Scheveningen in the Netherlands.[3]
He was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1909, while being also the director. In 1915 he was entrusted with this position for life.[4]
He was buried in Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
Exhibitions
His work have been exhibited at numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Paris, St. Petersburg, London, Antwerp, Venice). Individual artwork exhibitions:
- Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (1916, 1917, 1921),
- Institute of Art Propaganda (1933)
- National Museum in Warsaw (1976).
In 1894 he was awarded a silver medal at the exhibition of contemporary art in Lviv for Potret Adolfa Święcickiego. At the Exposition Universelle in 1900 he won the award for the aesthetic qualities of Portretu Mieczysława Frenkla. The painting Vierzehntak Wypłata robotnikom won third prize in the TZSP painting competition in 1895. Za Wilki morskie z Scheveninger was awarded the second prize in 1904 in the TZSP artwork painting competition.
Style
In the beginning he was under the influence of the Munich school which he had studied at, when in 1890 he began being influenced by the new colour trend. As a cartoonist he showed daily episodes from the life of the people of Warsaw. Many of his painting scenes undertook Jewish themes, like those in his artwork Przekupień żydowski and Żydzi handlujący starzyzną. Under the influence of the revolutionary events in the Kingdom of Poland in 1905, he was fascinated with the labour movement which made the key subject in his artwork. He was valued for his portraits created in the period 1900-1915, characterized by blunt characteristics of the model, a synthetic form of the dark monochromatic colours and broad brushstrokes. In 1915 there was a period of fascination with Dutch painting, particularly the work of Frans Hals. In the last period of his creativity he had also undertook legionary paintings and artwork.[5]