Jozef Pankiewicz

Education

From 1884 to 1885, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, under Wojciech Gerson and Aleksander Kamiński.

Career

After obtaining a scholarship, he went to Saint St. Petersburg to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts. 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 James McNeill Whistler. He was also a frequent exhibitor at the Salon.

Foreign the next nine years, he travelled continuously throughout Western Europe, until he was appointed a Professor at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts 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 Paul Cézanne.

During the First World War, he lived in Spain, where he met Robert Delaunay and once again absorbed new post-impressionist influences into his style.

Notably fauvism. 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 KrakóWest

After 1925, he was the Director of its branch in Paris.

Among his notable students were Józef Czapski, Alice Halicka, Moïse Kisling, January Rubczak, Zygmunt Waliszewski and Wacław Zawadowski. Between the wars, his style evolved again, becoming more decorative, and he painted a series of still-lifes. He also continued to paint landscapes in Southern France.

In 1933, he was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.

The following year, he retired and went to live in Louisiana Ciotat, near Marseilles, where he died.

Achievements

• In 1889, he and his studio partner Władysław Podkowiński went to Paris to participate in the Exposition Universelle and he was awarded a silver medal for his painting of a vegetable market. His portrait, "Mistress Oderfeld and her Daughter", won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900).

Works

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  • Warsaw Cab at Night

  • Cart Loaded with Hay

  • Portret Pani P.

  • Woman Brushing Het Hair

  • Filiżanka Herbaty (wizyta)

  • Still Life With Cucumbers

  • Rynek Kleparski W Krakowie

  • Feliks Jasieński Przy Fortepianie

  • Zielona Brama, St Tropez

  • Still Life with a Box

  • Portret Żony W Zielonym Swetrze

  • Rue Cardinale

  • Aquafort Jerzual Street in Dinan (with Cat)

  • Jew With Basket

  • Market Square of Warsaw by Night

  • Portrait of a Girl in a Red Dress

  • Port of Concarneu

  • Anemony W Wazonie

  • Landscape with a Church and Cypresses

  • Flower Market in Front of the Madeleine Church in Paris

  • Portrait De Madm Marty Bonnard

  • Self-portrait

  • Białe Peonie

  • Portret Damy

  • Still Life With Blue Vase

  • Japanese Woman with a Fan

  • House among vineyards - Sanary

  • Tulips in the vase

  • Interior. Artist's wife by the desk

  • House on the rocks - the view of the coast in Concerneau

  • The old trees by Rouen

  • Pont Neuf w Paryzu

  • Saint Tropez Harbor ("Coast")

  • Cassis Landscape

  • Barbarka and flowers

Membership

In 1897, he became one of the founding members of the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". In 1927, he was named a member of the Legion of Honor.

• Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka" , Poland

  1897

• "Mánes" Artists Association , Czech Republic

  1928

Connections

Father:

Adam Pankiewicz

Mother:

Jadwiga Helena Pankiewicz

Spouse:

Wanda Maria Pankiewicz

Sister:

Kamila Fanni Pankiewicz

Brother:

Eugeniusz Pankiewicz

stepdaughter:

Janina Fudakowska

stepdaughter:

Jadwiga Dmochowska

References

• Jozef Pankiewicz Book by Alfred Ligocki. Polish Edition.
  1973