Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (11 November 1869, in

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– 24 May 1927, in

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) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter and illustrator.

Biography

He was born to a noble family. In 1888, he began his artistic studies at the

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in Saint Petersburg under

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. This was followed by enrollment at the

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in Paris. Later, he took private lessons from

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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 Poznan. 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 ''Tygodnik Illustrowany'' (, ''The Illustrated Weekly'') was a Polish language weekly magazine published in Warsaw from 1859 to 1939. The magazine focus was on literary, artistic and social issues. History It is said to have been one of the mos ...

''.Biographical notes
@ Ostoya Auction House. Several works by

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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 painters Polish male painters Genre painters Académie Julian alumni Polish illustrators Artists from Vilnius 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Poland