Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (; 11 November 1869 – 24 May 1927) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter and illustrator.

Biography

He was born on 11 November 1869 in

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to a noble family. In 1888, he began his artistic studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Bogdan Willewalde. This was followed by enrollment at the

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in Paris. Later, he took private lessons from Józef Brandt at his studio in MunichBiographical notes
@ AgraArt. and married his daughter Krystyną. They were divorced in 1905. He specialized in

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scenes and landscapes from the villages and rural areas around Vilnius and held frequent exhibitions at the "Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych" (Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts) and the salon of the noted art collector , both in Warsaw, where he lived for several years after 1900. He also lived in

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. His sketches and pen drawings were gathered together in a large album in 1912 and published by B. Wierzbicki & Co. He was also a popular portraitist and his drawings were regularly featured in the '' Tygodnik Illustrowany''.Biographical notes
@ Ostoya Auction House. Several works by Eliza Orzeszkowa feature his illustrations. In 1906, he created an allegory on the advancement of knowledge for the ceiling of the staircase in Warsaw's "House of Technology". In addition to his art, he was a co-organizer and director of "Achów" (outrage); cabaret pieces that were presented during the annual

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carnival in Vilnius from 1904 to 1914. He was a lecturer at

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from 1919 to 1920. For many years, he suffered from

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and died of that disease while seeking treatment in Warsaw.

Selected paintings

File:Jarmarczny flirt, 1907.jpg, Fairground Flirt File:Scena w przedpokoju, Siestrzeńcewicz.jpg, A Scene in the Hall File:Pani płacząca.jpg, Woman Crying File:Bohusz siestrzencewicz stanislaw-upadek dżokeja.jpg, The Jockey's Fall

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohusz-Siestrzencewicz, Stanislaw 1869 births 1927 deaths Polish male painters Polish genre painters Académie Julian alumni Polish illustrators Artists from Vilnius 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Poland Painters from the Russian Empire