Ludwik de Delney Misky (1884 – 1938) was a Polish painter in the Post-Impressionistic style.

Biography

His family was originally from Hungary. After finishing his primary education in Wadowice, he entered the

Kraków Academy of Fine Arts The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Pol ...

in 1902, where his teachers were

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, Leon Wyczółkowski,

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and Józef Mehoffer, among others. He also studied philosophy and art history at the

Jagellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

.Biographical notes
@ Agra Art. After that, he continued his studies in

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and Vienna. he returned to Kraków in 1907 and took employment as a drawing teacher. Later, he would become a school inspector. In 1925, he was one of the cofounders of "Jednoróg" (Unicorn); an art society that was a precursor to the

Kapists Kapists or KPists (Polish: ''Kapiści'', from KP, the Polish acronym for the Paris Committee), also known as the Colourists, were a group of Polish painters of the 1930s who dominated the Polish artistic landscape of the epoch. Contrary to Polish ...

. After 1927, he worked for the Board of Trustees of the Kraków School District as head of the department of vocational schools. For most of his career, he painted landscapes, portraits and

still-life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...

s. In his later years, he concentrated on the graphic arts, including metal and wood engraving. He also designed bookplates and tapestries. The largest collection of his works is in

Gorzeń Górny Gorzeń Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wadowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków. ...

, at the manor house formerly owned by the writer

Emil Zegadłowicz Emil Zegadłowicz (20 July 1888 – 24 February 1941) was a Polish poet, prose, prose writer, novelist, playwright, translation, translator, expert of art; co-originator of Polish expressionism, member of expressionists' group ''Zdrój'', co-found ...

. In addition to his painting, he wrote numerous articles on how to teach drawing, as well as books on the methodology and organization of teaching in general.

Selected paintings

File:Ludwik Misky Akt 1905-1910.jpg, Nude File:Misky A girl plaiting her hair.jpg, A Girl Plaiting Her Hair File:Ludwik Misky Galicyjski targ.jpg, Galician Fair File:Misky-Park.jpg, Woman in the Park

References

External links

Arcadja Auctions: More works by Misky.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Misky, Ludwik 1884 births 1938 deaths 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Polish landscape painters Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni People from Nowy Sącz Polish people of Hungarian descent Polish male painters