Stanislaw CZAJKOWSKI, PEJZAŻ Z CZAPLĄ

Oil, canvas; 52 x 89 cm
Signed p. d.: STANISŁAW CZAJKOWSKI
On the back on the loom, inscription in marker: St Cz. | inv. 261
Asking price 11000
Estimate 14000 - 16000
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Stanislaw CZAJKOWSKI
1878 Warsaw - 1954 Sandomierz
He began his artistic education with drawing lessons given to him by Wojciech Gerson. Between 1896 and 1902, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with Jacek Malczewski, Leon Wyczółkowski and Jozef Mehoffer. In addition, Stanislaw's artistic development was overseen by his older brother, Jozef Czajkowski, a painter, architect, interior designer, a professor at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts and co-founder of the Co-operative of Ład Artists, who was meritorious for the ennoblement of decorative arts. Stanislaw perfected his painting technique in 1898 at the Munich Academy under the direction of L. Herterich. He had excellent masters at the Académie Julian in Paris, where in 1904-1906 he attended the atelier of J. P. Laurens and B. Constant. After returning to Krakow, he supplemented his studies at his alma mater by training in the studio of Jan Stanislavsky. In 1907 he took a study trip to Italy, where he visited Venice, Florence, Padua and Verona, among other places. However, he looked for painting motifs mainly in his native country, whose various regions he explored on foot. He spent the period of World War I in Holland, where he painted landscapes. After returning to Poland, he continued his painterly peregrinations around the country; in 1926 he settled in Warsaw, but spent a lot of time in Kazimierz Dolny and Sandomierz, towns saturated with history, attracted by the beauty of their landscapes, historic architecture and specific folklore. In 1927-1928 he taught a course in landscape painting to students at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts. In 1950 he was appointed professor of painting and drawing at the school. In 1949 Czajkowski was honored with the Order of Rebirth of Poland.
In the painting in question, the influence that his teacher Jan Stanislawski's painting had on Stanislaw Czajkowski becomes visible. This is particularly noticeable in the color scheme of the paintings of both artists, as well as in the handling of a wide color patch that gives a synthetic, holistic image of reality. In addition to the synthetic image of nature, the painter also gives us a synthesis of the emotions that accompany the moment when day turns into night. Looking at the painting, one almost senses a certain incomprehensible primal fear of the coming night, which gives the twisted branches of the trees fantastic, gro 1/4 ne shapes. Almost audible to the viewer also becomes the din of birds' voices, carrying on the water of the lake, which gives the impression of participating in a mysterious mystery in honor of wild nature. ask about the object