Kazimierz Sichulski

Kazimierz Sichulski (born 17 January 1879 in Lviv, † November 6, 1942 there ), was a Polish painter and professor. He was a representative of the art movement Młoda Polska.

Life

Sichulski studied from 1900 to 1908 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Leon Wyczółkowski, Józef Mehoffer and Stanisław Wyspiański. The study was interrupted by a stay in Krakow in the School of Applied Arts of the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry under Anton Kenner. He also formed on trips away to Dresden, Florence, Munich, Paris, Rome and Venice.

For the first time his paintings were exhibited in 1903 by the Krakow Society of Friends of Fine Arts. In the years 1903-1905 he worked as a draftsman at the satirical magazine " Liberum Veto " and from 1905 he worked at the cabaret " Zielony Balonik " with. In 1907 he moved back to Lemberg. During World War II, he fought in the Polish Legions. From 1920 to 1930 he was professor at the State Industrial School in Lviv and from 1930 to 1939 at the Art Academy in Cracow.

Sichulski was a member of the artist association " Sztuka " and the Vienna group Hagenbund. He painted mainly genre scenes. You and his Carpathian landscapes have had great success in European galleries. Since his first visit in the winter of 1915 at the Hutsul he was fascinated by the folklore and rituals. As with his fellow painter Władysław Jarocki and Fryderyk Pautsch flowed this life-affirming way of life in many of his colorful paintings. The three painters were therefore often referred to as " The Hutsul ". Not the refined elegance of Krakow, but the vitality and originality of country life Podhale were his subject.

International were his paintings in Munich (1905 ), Venice (1907, 1910, 1914 and 1932 ), Rome (1911 and 1934 ), Berlin (1914 and 1937 ), Paris (1923, 1930 and 1931 ), Budapest ( 1926), Pittsburgh (1926 ), Helsinki and Stockholm (1927 ) are shown. In 1938 Sichulski received the award " Złoty Wawrzyn Akademicki " Polska Akademia the Literatury for his outstanding contribution to Polish art. His wife was the Krakow theater actress Bronisława Rudlicka.