Stanisław Tarnowski ; known as Stanisław Tarnowski „Biały” ; May 8, 1838 – July 2, 1909) was a Polish
painter known for landscapes and better as friend of
Artur Grottger and model to his paintings. Collector of art.
Youth
Stanisław Tarnowski was a son of Walerian Tarnowskiego and Ernestyna, brother of
Władysław Tarnowski m.in., and cousin of
Stanisław Tarnowski, called in youth „Czarny” („Black”), later the Rector of Jagellonian University. When Stanisław „Biały” („White”) was called from colour of hair. Initially, he learnt with Jesuit College in Lvov together with brother; then, in Cracow under direction of Szymon Dutkiewicz; his father's relative Father Jan Scipio del Campo, and
Wincenty Pol
Wincenty Pol (20 April 1807 – 2 December 1872) was a Polish poet and geographer.
Life
Pol was born in Lublin (then in Galicia), to Franz Pohl (or Poll), a German in the Austrian service, and his wife Eleonora Longchamps de Berier, from a Fre ...
, in free moments he wandered through the neighbourhoods of
Cracow and
Tatras
The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak () or in Polish () - ''plurale tantum''), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the high ...
. Later, he studied in Cracow until the father's death and inheriting earthly estate, which he administered. He learnt drawing and painting with
Jan Kanty Maszkowski (together with
Artur Grottger), in Cracow with painter of architecture
Maksymilian Cercha and landscapist Leon Dembowski. In 1856 and 1857 he had larger exhibitions in Cracow. Stanisław Tarnowski's paintings were to 1938 r. in possession his relatives, mainly in Śniatynka. After World War II Stanisław's paintings are in Polish museums, especially in National Museum in Cracow. In 1863, Stanisław fought in
January Insurrection, among others in Battle of Radziwiłłów. After Insurrection, he more seldom depicted, but he stayed sensitive on beauty and became art collector.
Friendship and posing for paintings
Since early childhood Stanisław was friends with
Artur Grottger, which later was frequent guest in Śniatynka. And many times Stanisław posed for his paintings.
File:Lit2.jpg, ''Omen'' (''Znak'' (Cycle: ''Lituania'', II), posed: Wanda Monné i Stanisław Tarnowski.)
File:Lit3.jpg, '' Oath'' (''Przysięga'' (Cycle: ''Lituania'', III), posed: Stanisław Tarnowski.)
File:Lit4.jpg, '' Combat '' („Bój” (Cycle: ''Lituania'', IV), posed: Grottger – in cap with feather, Tarnowski – with flag, and his brother-in-law Napoleon Sarnecki – with dogs.)
File:Lit5.jpg, ''Ghost'' (''Duch'' (Cycle:''Lituania'', V), posed: Wanda Monné and Stanisław Tarnowski.)
Political career
Stanisław Tarnowski was a member of parliament of
Galicia and Lodomeria in 1883–95.
[He lost position after fracture of leg and related to this difficulty in walking. – „Stanisław Tarnowski ze Śniatynki. Wspomnienie pośmiertne.”„Przegląd Polski”, Cracow, 1909, yearbook 44, Vol. 173, issue 518 (Number II. Month August 1909 r.), p. 283.]
Bibliography
Bibliography in German
* Z. Batowski „Tarnowski, Stanislaw” in: „Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der antike bis zur gegenwart”, Begründet von Ulrich Triemi und Felix Becker unter mitwirkung von etwa 400 fachgelehrten bearbeitet und redigiert von H.. Vollmer, B. C. Kreplin, H. Wolff, O. Kellner; edited by
Hans Vollmer
Hans Vollmer (16 November 1878 – 15 February 1969) was a German art historian.
Life
His father was the architect (1845-1920), his grandfather of the Hamburg marine painter and sculptor Adolph Friedrich Vollmer (1806–1875). He was the older ...
, Vol. 32 (Stephens – Theodotos), publ. Von E. A. Seemann, Leipzig, 1938, .
* Saur „Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Bio-bibliographischer Index A-Z”, Vol. 9 (Schinz-Toricelli), Munich-Leipzig, 2000, .
* Jan Bołoz Antoniewicz „Katalog der retrospectiven Ausstellung polnischer Kunst 1764-1886”), Dyrekcyia Powszechnej Wystawy Krajowej, Lvov, 1894, , position 1416.
* Jan Bołoz Antoniewicz „Kat. Wyst. szt. pol. 1764-1886” (auch dtsche Ausg.); ders., Grottger, Lemberg u. Warschau
910
Bibliography in Polish
* Emmanuel Świeykowski „Pamiętnik Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie. 1854-1904 pięćdziesiąt lat działalności dla sztuki ojczystej.”, (second edition), Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie, Cracow, 1905, p. 539 and 164.
* Przegląd polski (Cracow), 173 (1909) 278f. (Obituary).
* Arthur i Wanda. „Listy-Pamiętniki”, Vol. 1, p. 162 (ill.); 2, Medyka u. Lvov, 1928.
References
External links
Genealogy of the Tarnowski Family - a page dedicated to Stanisław Tarnowski and his family an
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ttp://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/lu.3537 Stanisław Tarnowski of Śniatynka in: Marek Jerzy Minakowski „Genealogia potomków Sejmu Wielkiego”.* Siedziba Stanisława Tarnowskiego w Śniatynce, stan w roku 2006
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Władysław Tarnowski ''Do S... T...'' in Wikiźródła
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1838 births
1909 deaths
19th-century Polish painters
19th-century Polish male artists
Stanisław
Polish male painters