Konrad Krzyżanowski (15 February 1872 – 25 May 1922) was a Ukrainian-born Polish illustrator and painter, primarily of portraits, who was considered to be an early exponent of

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Biography

He was born in

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. He grew up in

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and took his first art lessons at the Kyiv Drawing School with

Mykola Murashko Mykola Ivanovych Murashko ( uk, Микола Іванович Мурашко, translit=Mykola Ivanovych Murashko; 20 May 1844, Glukhov, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire – 22 September 1909, Bucha, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire ...

.Biographical notes
@ Pinakoteka. This was followed by studies at the

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in Saint Petersburg. He was not there long, however, when his distaste for the school's teaching methods developed into a conflict with the Rector and he was expelled.Brief biography
@ Culture.pl In 1897, Krzyżanowski moved to Munich, where he took private lessons from

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. Three years later, he settled in Warsaw and, together with

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, established a painting school, which he ran for four years. From 1904 to 1909, he taught at the

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, where he often took his students to paint en

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in Lithuania and Finland. He also did illustrations for ', a literary and artistic journal that was published from 1901 to 1907. In 1906, Krzyżanowski married the artist , a student at the Academy. After her graduation in 1909, he resigned his position there. From 1912 to 1914 the couple lived in London and Paris, where Michalina studied with

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at the

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@ Agra Art In 1914, they returned to Warsaw but, following the outbreak of World War I, went to live with Michalina's relatives in

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. From 1917 to 1918, they lived in Kyiv, where Krzyżanowski taught at the "Polish School of Fine Arts". After the creation of the

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, they returned to Warsaw and Krzyżanowski re-established his private art school. Among his best-known students were

Tadeusz Pruszkowski Tadeusz Pruszkowski (15 April 1888 – 30 June 1942) was a Polish painter and art teacher, known primarily for his portraits. Biography He began his artistic studies in 1904 at the , under Konrad Krzyżanowski.

, Ludwik Konarzewski and Krystyna Wróblewska. Krzyżanowski died in Warsaw on 25 May 1922.

Selected paintings

File:Dziewczynka i fortepian.jpg, ''Girl at the Piano'', 1907 File:Krzyżanowski, Konrad (1872-1922) - Clouds in Finland - National Museum Kraków.jpg, ''Clouds in Finland'', 1908 File:Krzyżanowski By the light of candle.jpg, ''By Candlelight'', 1914,

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File:Krzyżanowski Janina Wilczyńska.jpg, ''Janina Wilczyńska'', 1912,

File:Krzyżanowski - Portret żony z pieskiem.jpg, ''Wife with a dog'',

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More works by Krzyżanowski
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Biography

Selected paintings

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