Władysław Podkowiński (1866–1895)

Władysław Podkowiński, a Polish master, introduced Impressionism to his homeland before his health led him to Symbolism, dying tragically young at 28.

ABOUT

Władysław Podkowiński (Polish: [vwaˈdɨswaf pɔtkɔˈvij̃skʲi]; 4 February 1866 – 5 January 1895) was a Polish master painter and illustrator associated with the Young Poland movement during the Partition period. == Career == Podkowiński was born in Warsaw and began his artistic training at Wojciech Gerson's drawing school, he then transferred to the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts where he studied between 1880 and 1884. After graduating, Podkowinski began to contribute to many of t…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Self-portrait 1887 · Silesian Museum in Katowice Three Crosses Square in Warsaw. 1887 · Museum of Warsaw Portrait of Gościmiński, sketch 1888 · National Museum in Warsaw Still life with a red book 1890 · Silesian Museum in Katowice Portrait of Czesław Jankowski. 1890 · National Museum in Warsaw Portrait of a man 1891 · National Museum in Warsaw

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Wojciech GersonRealism Aleksander GierymskiRealism Claude MonetImpressionism Józef PankiewiczImpressionism

Influenced

Olga BoznańskaModernism Jacek MalczewskiSymbolism Stanisław WyspiańskiSymbolism Leon WyczółkowskiImpressionism