Stanisław JANOWSKI (1866–1942), HOUSES IN DELATYN

Oil on cardboard, 22 x 27 cm, signed lower right: Pietrzyckiemu Janowski 922; on the reverse, inscribed: Stanisław Janowski, Houses in Delatyn on the famous river [...]?, a sticker from Halina Grzybowska’s painting and sculpture gallery.

Stanisław JANOWSKI ( 1866–1942)
Painter, illustrator, and set designer. He studied painting at the State School of Fine Arts in Kraków under F. Szynalewski, I. Jabłoński, and W. Łuszczkiewicz from 1882 to 1886. He studied at the Munich Academy under J.C. Herterich and A. Liezen-Mayer between 1887 and 1890. He traveled extensively throughout Italy. In 1914–1915, he took part in the battles of the First and Second Brigades of the Polish Legions. Numerous drawings and watercolors depicting battle scenes and camp life date from this period. He lived in Kraków from 1921 onward. He was a full member of the Kraków and Lviv branches of the Society of Polish Artists and Designers (TPSP) and the Society of Polish Artists and Craftsmen (TZSP).