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Julian Fałat, (30 July 1853 in
Tuligłowy near
Lwów
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– 9 July 1929 in
Bystra Śląska) was one of the most prolific
Polish
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painters
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of
watercolor
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and one of the country's foremost landscape painters as well as one of the leading Polish impressionists.
Biography
Fałat first studied under
Władysław Łuszczkiewicz
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at the
Kraków School of Fine Arts, and then at the
Art Academy of Munich. After several trips throughout Europe and
Asia
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in 1885, Fałat compiled a collection of studies from his voyages which would become useful later in the development of his artwork. Themes typical of Fałat's painting are Polish landscapes, hunting scenes, portraits, and studies from his voyages. In 1886, Fałat accepted an invitation from future
German Emperor
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Wilhelm II
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to serve as
court painter
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in
Berlin
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.
Fałat died in
Bystra Śląska on July 9, 1929. A museum in Poland, called Fałatówka, is devoted to him.
Out of his three children, Kazimierz (Togo) (1904–1981) continued to paint in watercolour.
Some works, having been looted under
German occupation
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, very occasionally reappear in sales-rooms. In December 2010, two such paintings, "The Hunt" and "Off to the Hunt" were seized by U.S. authorities from auction houses in New York City. The works are to be repatriated to Poland's National Museum of Art in Warsaw. Some later works by Julian's son Kazimierz (Togo)(1904-81), produced in the same style after Togo settled in England (1947–), are largely in the hands of his later family.
Fałat used to say:
:"Polish art ought to convey our history and our beliefs, our qualities as well as our defects; it must be the quintessence of our soil, our sky, and our ideals."
Julian Fałat - mistrz w technice akwarelowej - Bystra Śląska
See also
* Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
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* Bielsko-Biała Museum
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* Culture of Kraków
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* Young Poland
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References
Bibliography
Maciej Masłowski
Maciej Masłowski (January 24, 1901 – August 17, 1976) was a Polish Art history, art historian.
Biography
Masłowski was born in Warsaw. He was a son of painter Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926) and piano teacher Aniela born Ponikowska (1864 ...
: Julian Fałat, Warsaw
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1964, ed."Arkady".
External links
Julian Fałat, biography (in Polish)
Julian Fałat's Villa
U.S. returns paintings looted by Nazis to Poland
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1853 births
1929 deaths
People from Lviv Oblast
Polish landscape painters
Polish Impressionist painters
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Court painters
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni