Józef Pankiewicz (29 November 1866, in

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– 4 July 1940, in

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) was a Polish

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painter, graphic artist and teacher who spent much of his career in France.

Biography

From 1884 to 1885, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw under

Wojciech Gerson Wojciech Gerson (; July 1, 1831 – February 25, 1901) was a leading Polish painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long-time ...

and Aleksander Kamiński. After obtaining a scholarship, he went to Saint Petersburg to study at the

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.Biographical notes
@ Agra Art. In 1889, he and his studio partner

Władysław Podkowiński Władysław Podkowiński (; February 4, 1866 – January 5, 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 arti ...

went to Paris to participate in the

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and he was awarded a silver medal for his painting of a vegetable market.Brief biography and appreciation
@ Culture.pl Józef Pankiewicz - Portret pani Oderfeldowej z córką

Józef Pankiewicz - Portret pani Oderfeldowej z córką

While there, he was influenced by the impressionists and, when he returned to Poland in 1890, attempted to introduce the latest French trends there. The reaction from critics was largely hostile; one going so far as to advise him to see an optometrist. He persisted, however, and later produced a series of portraits inspired by the work of

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. His portrait, "Mrs. Oderfeld and her Daughter", won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900). He was also a frequent exhibitor at the

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. In 1897, he became one of the founding members of the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". For the next nine years, he travelled continuously throughout Western Europe, until he was appointed a Professor at the

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in 1906. He continued to travel in France, especially along the Mediterranean coast, producing a large series of landscapes and city views which increasingly showed the influence of

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. During the First World War, he lived in Spain, where he met

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and once again absorbed new

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influences into his style; notably

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. He became the leader of a group of young artists known as the Kapists (Colourists), whose members were opposed to the Romantic tradition in Polish art. In 1923, he returned to the Academy in Kraków. After 1925, he was the Director of its branch in Paris. Among his notable students were

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Alice Halicka Alice Halicka or Alicja Halicka (20 December 1894 – 1 January 1975) was a Jewish-Polish painter who spent most of her life in France. Biography Alicja Halicka was born in Kraków and studied with Józef Pankiewicz there. She moved to Paris i ...

Moïse Kisling Moïse Kisling (born Mojżesz Kisling; 22 January 1891 – 29 April 1953) was a Polish-born French painter. He moved to Paris in 1910 at the age of 19, and became a French citizen in 1915, after serving and being wounded with the French Foreign ...

, Jan Rubczak, Zygmunt Waliszewski and

Wacław Zawadowski Jan Wacław Zawadowski, pseudonym ''Zawado'', (1891–1982) was a Polish painter, author of landscapes (mainly of Provence), still life compositions, portraits, figural scenes. He was a brother of Witold Eugeniusz and pupil of Józef Pankiewicz. C ...

. Between the wars, his style evolved again, becoming more decorative, and he painted a series of

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s. He also continued to paint landscapes in Southern France. In 1927, he was named a member of the Legion of Honor.Documentation
@ the Base Léonore. In 1933, he was awarded the

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. A major showing of his works was held at the

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to celebrate his seventieth birthday in 1936. The following year, he retired and went to live in La Ciotat, near

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, where he died.

Selected paintings

File:Jozef Pankiewicz Rue Cardinale.jpg, Rue Cardinale, Paris File:Dorozka w nocy.jpg, Cab at Night File:Haystacks pankiewitcz.jpg, Haystacks, National Museum in Kielce File:Jozef pankiewicz21.jpg, Woman Brushing her Hair

References

External links

Arcadja Auctions: More works by Pankiewicz."Józef Pankiewicz and His Two Nocturnes"
@ Niezła Sztuka. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pankiewicz, Jozef 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 1866 births 1940 deaths Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni Academic staff of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts Polish Impressionist painters Polish emigrants to France Artists from Lublin Recipients of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta Polish male painters

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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