Władysław Podkowiński (; February 4, 1866 – January 5, 1895) was a Polish master painter and illustrator associated with the

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movement during the

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period.

Career

Podkowiński was born in

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and began his artistic training at

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's drawing school, He then transferred to the

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where he studied between 1880 to 1884. After graduating, Podkowinski began to contribute to many of the leading art journals in Warsaw at the time. In 1885, he travelled, along with

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, to the

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where he studied from 1885 to 1886. Returning from St. Petersburg in 1886, Podkowiński obtained a position of an illustrator for the ''Tygodnik Ilustrowany'' magazine where he became one its most renowned artists. His first

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and

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s were produced during this time, but Podkowiński still considered them personal, not a public endeavor. Those early paintings were mainly influenced by

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. He adopted painting as a profession after a trip to

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in 1889, where he was profoundly influenced by French Impressionist painters including

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. Podkowiński was later credited for bringing the Impressionist movement to Poland, but toward the end of his life, his failing health inclined him toward

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. He died in Warsaw at the very early age of 28 due to

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. His best known painting, '' Frenzy of Exultations'' (''Szał uniesień''), exhibited first in

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, is surrounded by the

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atmosphere of scandal and public outcry. In 1894, it was featured in a Warsaw art exhibition and violently criticized. The exhibition lasted only 36 days because Podkowinski brought a knife on the 37th day, and slashed his work on display. The painting was restored after his death. Today, it is prominently exhibited at the

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Selected paintings

File:Podkowiński Study of a blonde.jpg, ''Study of a Blonde'',

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File:Władysław Podkowiński, Ulica Nowy Świat w Warszawie w dzień letni.jpg, '' Nowy Świat''
''on a Summer Day'',

File:Podkowiński - Mokra Wieś 1892.jpg, ''Village by the Water'',

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File:Władysław Podkowiński - Children in the garden - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Children in the garden'',

File:Podkowinski - La Folie.jpg, '' Frenzy of Exultations'', National Museum in Kraków File:Władysław Podkowiński - Spotkanie.jpg, ''The Encounter'', National Museum in Wrocław

References

External links

Władysław Podkowiński
at Culture.pl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Podkowinski, Wladyslaw 1866 births 1895 deaths Artists from Warsaw Polish Impressionist painters Polish illustrators Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists Polish male painters Tuberculosis deaths in Poland

Career

Selected paintings

See also

References

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