Alfons Karpiński (February 20, 1875 – June 6, 1961) was a Polish
painter
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specializing in
portraits
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of women,
still-lives and
landscapes
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. His work is associated with the traditionalist and decorative trends in Polish 20th-century painting.
Life and work
Karpiński was born in 1875 in
Rozwadów
Rozwadów () is a suburb of Stalowa Wola, Poland. Founded as a town in 1690, it was incorporated into Stalowa Wola in 1973. The Rozwadów suburb of Stalowa Wola included a thriving Jewish shtetl prior to World War II, closely associated with ...
near
Tarnobrzeg
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and studied painting in
Kraków
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at the
School of Fine Arts
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under
Leon Wyczółkowski
Leon Jan Wyczółkowski (; 24 April 1852 – 27 December 1936) was one of the leading Painting, painters of the Young Poland movement, as well as the principal representative of Polish Realism (arts), Realism in art of Polish culture in the Inter ...
between and after 1903 at the
Munich
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Academy under
Anton Ažbe
Anton Ažbe (30 May 1862 – 5 or 6 August 1905) was a Slovene realist painter and teacher of painting.
Ažbe, crippled since birth and orphaned at the age of 8, learned painting as an apprentice to Janez Wolf and at the Academies in Vienna and ...
, until 1907. He continued his studies at the
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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History
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...
under
Kazimierz Pochwalski and finally, at the Parisian
Académie Colarossi
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.
At
the turn of the century he became a contributing artist to the
Zielony Balonik
Zielony Balonik (literally, ''the Green Balloon'') was a popular literary cabaret founded in Kraków by the local poets, writers and artists during the final years of the Partitions of Poland. The venue was a gourmet restaurant of Apolinary J. Mic ...
art-and-literary cabaret in Kraków. He was a member of the
Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka"
The Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka" ( pl, Towarzystwo Artystów Polskich "Sztuka"; Sztuka means Art in Polish, artyzm means artistic abilities) founded in 1897 in Kraków, was a gathering of prominent Polish visual artists from around the turn ...
(Art).
[Alfons Karpiński biography.](_blank)
''Pinakoteka''. Retrieved October 20, 2011. Karpiński remained active following the end of World War II and died in 1961 in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
.
See also
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List of Polish painters
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References
External links
Alfons Karpinski's gallery at malarze.com
1875 births
1961 deaths
19th-century Polish painters
19th-century Polish male artists
20th-century Polish painters
20th-century Polish male artists
Polish portrait painters
Académie Colarossi alumni
Polish male painters
People from Stalowa Wola
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