Stanislaw Lentz - Polish painter, portraitist, illustrator, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1909.
Education
Stanisław Lentz studied at the Krakow School of Fine Arts with professor Feliks Szynalewski and Izydor Jabłoński in the years 1877-1879, he continued his studies in Wojciech Gerson"s Drawing Class in Warsaw. Later he studied abroad at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with professor Alexander von Wagner and Gyula Benczúr, 1880-1884, and in the years 1884-1887 at the Académie Julian in Paris.
Career
After returning to Warsaw he teamed up with magazines. His illustrations were published by:
Kłosy (1887-1890),
Tygodnik Ilustrowany (1887-1898, 1905-1906, 1909–1910),
Kurier Codzienny (1890-1891)
In 1910 he joined the Society of Polish Artists Sztuka. In 1909 Lentz was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, while being also the director of this academy.
In 1915 he was entrusted with this position for life.
He was buried in Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. His work have been exhibited at numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad (Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Paris, Street St. Petersburg, London, Antwerp, Venice).
Individual artwork exhibitions:
Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (1916, 1917, 1921),
Institute of Art Propaganda (1933)
National Museum in Warsaw (1976). In 1894 he was awarded a silver medal at the exhibition of contemporary art in Lviv for Portret Adolfa Święcickiego (Adolf Święcicki"s Portrait).
Membership
In 1888 he became a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts Zachęta.