Stanisław Mieczysław Dębicki (14 December 1866,

Lubaczów Lubaczów ( ''Liubachiv'') is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 12,567 inhabitants Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, it is the capital of Lubaczów County and is located northeast of Przemyśl. Othe ...

- 12 August 1924,

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), was a Polish painter and illustrator.

Life

From 1881-1884, he studied with

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at the

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, then with

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (3 September 1828 – 23 May 1900) was a Polish historian and painter of the late Romanticism in Poland, Romantic era from Kraków, active in the period of the foreign partitions of Poland. He was a professor at the Jan ...

at the

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. Next, he attended the

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from 1890-1891 and, finally, the

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in Paris.Sławni Lubaczowianie: Biography of Dębicki
/ref> In 1897, he was a member of the

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. His first job was teaching at the Ceramics Industry School (Szkole Przemysłu Ceramicznego) in Kołomyja, then he took a position at a private drawing school operated by Marceli Harasimowicz in

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. In 1909, he returned to Kraków to become an assistant at the Art Academy. He was promoted to Professor upon the death of

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. During this period, he also taught an occasional class at the School of Fine Arts for Women (Szkole Sztuk Pięknych dla Kobiet). In 1923, he became a Full Member of the Academy by authority of

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, President of Poland. Later that same year, in poor health, Dębicki chose to retire. He would often make painting excursions into the countryside, where he captured scenes from the lives of the local

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and

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s. Although he worked in almost every artistic medium, he produced relatively few paintings, compared to most artists, and made little effort to exhibit or promote himself. It was once said that he was the only one who didn't appreciate his work.

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Cracovia Leopolis: A critical appreciation of Dębicki's work

InfoPoland: Links to paintings and biographies of Dębicki

ArtNet: More work by Dębicki
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