Wladyslaw Chakhursky ( Polish Władysław Czachórski ; born September 25, 1850 Lublin - died. January 13, 1911 Munich ) - Polish artist of academic direction.
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Life and creativity
V. Chakhursky studied painting in the Warsaw drawing class under Rafal Hadziewicz , later - in Dresden ( 1868 ) and in Munich ( 1869 - 1873 ). In 1874 - 1877 he traveled to France and Italy . Since 1879 he lives in Munich, where he works as a painting professor at the local Academy of Arts.
The artist chose genre scenes for his paintings; also wrote portraits and still lifes, paintings based on the works of William Shakespeare . He was under the creative influence of Dutch painters, primarily G. Terborch . Particularly famous artist brought his female portraits, made with the greatest attention to detail. The works of V. Chakhursky were so in demand that customers had to wait for their turn for up to 2 years. After the death of V. Chakhursky, some Polish artists (for example, E. Nevyadomsky in 1923) criticized the master, accusing him of cosmopolitanism, the commercialization of art and even the loss of talent. Nevertheless, the work of V. Chahorskogo valued very highly.
Selected Canvases
- Juliet's funeral, 1874, private collection
- Cemetery in Venice, 1876, Warsaw, Folk Museum
- The lady at the window, 1875, Poznan, Folk Museum
- Mother's Portrait, 1886, Warsaw, Folk Museum
- Still Life with Heron, 1889, Warsaw, Folk Museum
- Girl, Bialystok, Podlasie Museum
- Silence, until 1900, Warsaw, Folk Museum
- Portrait of Jadwiga Senkevich, 1901, Kielce, Folk Museum
- Portrait of Stanislav Chakhorsky, 1889, Warsaw, Folk Museum
Notes
- 2 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116776293 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ RKDartists
Literature
- Feliks Kopera, Władysław Czachórski , w: Polski Słownik Biograficzny , tom IV, 1938