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DOI article:Wierzbicka, Anna: Aleksander Rzewuski rysownik i grafik działający w paryżu
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ANNA WIERZBICKA
Przypisy
1. Informacje o życiu Rzewuskiego pochodzą z dwu źródeł:
wspomnień jego autorstwa -A travers l'invisible cristal.
Confessions d'un dominicain, Paris 1976, których ksero-
kopia, dzięki uprzejmości OO. Dominikanów z Montpel-
lier znajduje się w posiadaniu autorki oraz biogramu
artysty napisanego przez A. BIERNACKIEGO do Pol-
skiego Słownika Biograficznego (w druku).
2. J. IWASZKIEWICZ, Książka moich wspomnień, Kraków
1968, s. 240.
3. J. IWASZKIEWICZ, o.c., s. 241.
4. Biblioteka Polska w Paryżu posiada katalog tej wystawy:
Exposition Alex. Rzewuski (Gewouski), Galerie Georges
Petit, 1-15 juin 1923.
5. W Polsce znajdują się trzy, wykonane suchą igłą,
prace artysty - w Bibliotece Narodowej w Warszawie
przechowywany jest sygnowany portret Mile Isabelle de
Francis, zaś w Muzeum Okręgowym w Bydgoszczy są
dwie jego grafiki: Dama trzymająca dwa psy i Siedząca
kobieta ".
6. Biblioteka IS PAN:L'exposition deAlex. Rzewuski, Hotel
Jean Charpentier, 1-15 avril 1925.
7. O twórczości Rzewuskiego pisali: S KLECZKOWSKI,
Dzieła malarskie A. Rzewuskiego. "Świat" 1924 nr 44 s.
8; E. WORONIECKI, L'nrt polonais a Paris. "Pologne"
1925 nr 1 s. 416 oraz tenże, Przerwana kariera. "Tęcza"
1935 nr 8 s. 39-42. Rozmawiała z nim, już po wstąpieniu do
klasztoru, i opisuje go E. K. KOSSAK w książce poświęco-
nej Misi Sert - Misia z Godebskich. Warszawa 1994.
Anna Wierzbicka
ALEKSANDER RZEWUSKI (1893-1983)
THE POLISH DRAUGHTSMAN AND ENGRAVER FROM PARIS
Sumary
The draughtsman and engraver Aleksander Rzewuski
was bom in 1893 in Kars (Turkey). He spent his youth
in various places in Russia to which his father - Adam
Rzewuski, a generał in the ariny, was sent. Aleksander
finished high school in St. Petersburg, were he also
attended private drawing courses. At that time, thanks to
the money he had inherited froin his mother, Rzewuski led
the life of an aristocratic golden boy. He travelled a lot,
visiting the Near East, was attracted by occultism and
spiritism, even tried drugs. During the First World War
he worked for the Red Cross with which he arrived to
Kiev and, afterwards, Trebizond, where, in 1916, he
converted to Catholicism. During the Russian
Revolution Rzewuski fled through Kiev, Warsaw and
Cracow to Italy. Throughout all these years he drew
portraits and caricatures or sketched street scenes.
Italy marked a new stage in Aleksander Rzewuski's
life. Through his family, the Caetanis, Rzewuski met
Edward Gordon Craig who advised him to take up art
professionally. Following his suggestions Aleksander
moved to Paris, where he decided to pursue a career
without the help of his family. It was the year 1919 and
in only a few months Rzewuski received his first
proposition of work - drawings for the December
number of the French magazine "Femina"; he also
designed the cover of this number. The artist's drawings
consisted of portraits of women symbolizing precious
stones and soon after they were published Rzewuski
received commissions for designing jewellers'
catalogues. He also began to draw illustrations for the
English magazines - "Eve", "Sketch" and "The
Illustrated London News" and street scenes for the
French - "La Vie Parisienne" (ill. .1).
In less then a year Rzewuski became famous. His
portraits, a little idealized and stylized, depicting the
model in a rather sophisticated pose and elaborate
gestures (ill. 2), gained great popularity. A close friend
of the painter and writer Józef Czapski and musician
Nikolai Nabokov, Rzewuski knew the whole aristic
milieu of the twenties.
Aleksander Rzewuski received further commissions.
In 1920 he was asked by the editor's office Piazza to
draw 20 gouaches illustrating the Polish Legends. He
also designed exotic costumes for films, theatre plays
and shows. June 1923 was the date of Rzewuski's first
exhibition in Paris - in the well-known Galerie Georges
Petit. It's success led to a large number of orders for
portraits. At that time the artist began to experiment with
the dry point technique (ill.3). At his second exposition,
in April 1926, held in the Galerie Jean Charpentier he
showed over forty portraits in dry point. The reviews of
this exposition were also very good.
In autumn 1926 Rzewuski received an invitation
from the actress Pola Negri to visit the United States.
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Przypisy
1. Informacje o życiu Rzewuskiego pochodzą z dwu źródeł:
wspomnień jego autorstwa -A travers l'invisible cristal.
Confessions d'un dominicain, Paris 1976, których ksero-
kopia, dzięki uprzejmości OO. Dominikanów z Montpel-
lier znajduje się w posiadaniu autorki oraz biogramu
artysty napisanego przez A. BIERNACKIEGO do Pol-
skiego Słownika Biograficznego (w druku).
2. J. IWASZKIEWICZ, Książka moich wspomnień, Kraków
1968, s. 240.
3. J. IWASZKIEWICZ, o.c., s. 241.
4. Biblioteka Polska w Paryżu posiada katalog tej wystawy:
Exposition Alex. Rzewuski (Gewouski), Galerie Georges
Petit, 1-15 juin 1923.
5. W Polsce znajdują się trzy, wykonane suchą igłą,
prace artysty - w Bibliotece Narodowej w Warszawie
przechowywany jest sygnowany portret Mile Isabelle de
Francis, zaś w Muzeum Okręgowym w Bydgoszczy są
dwie jego grafiki: Dama trzymająca dwa psy i Siedząca
kobieta ".
6. Biblioteka IS PAN:L'exposition deAlex. Rzewuski, Hotel
Jean Charpentier, 1-15 avril 1925.
7. O twórczości Rzewuskiego pisali: S KLECZKOWSKI,
Dzieła malarskie A. Rzewuskiego. "Świat" 1924 nr 44 s.
8; E. WORONIECKI, L'nrt polonais a Paris. "Pologne"
1925 nr 1 s. 416 oraz tenże, Przerwana kariera. "Tęcza"
1935 nr 8 s. 39-42. Rozmawiała z nim, już po wstąpieniu do
klasztoru, i opisuje go E. K. KOSSAK w książce poświęco-
nej Misi Sert - Misia z Godebskich. Warszawa 1994.
Anna Wierzbicka
ALEKSANDER RZEWUSKI (1893-1983)
THE POLISH DRAUGHTSMAN AND ENGRAVER FROM PARIS
Sumary
The draughtsman and engraver Aleksander Rzewuski
was bom in 1893 in Kars (Turkey). He spent his youth
in various places in Russia to which his father - Adam
Rzewuski, a generał in the ariny, was sent. Aleksander
finished high school in St. Petersburg, were he also
attended private drawing courses. At that time, thanks to
the money he had inherited froin his mother, Rzewuski led
the life of an aristocratic golden boy. He travelled a lot,
visiting the Near East, was attracted by occultism and
spiritism, even tried drugs. During the First World War
he worked for the Red Cross with which he arrived to
Kiev and, afterwards, Trebizond, where, in 1916, he
converted to Catholicism. During the Russian
Revolution Rzewuski fled through Kiev, Warsaw and
Cracow to Italy. Throughout all these years he drew
portraits and caricatures or sketched street scenes.
Italy marked a new stage in Aleksander Rzewuski's
life. Through his family, the Caetanis, Rzewuski met
Edward Gordon Craig who advised him to take up art
professionally. Following his suggestions Aleksander
moved to Paris, where he decided to pursue a career
without the help of his family. It was the year 1919 and
in only a few months Rzewuski received his first
proposition of work - drawings for the December
number of the French magazine "Femina"; he also
designed the cover of this number. The artist's drawings
consisted of portraits of women symbolizing precious
stones and soon after they were published Rzewuski
received commissions for designing jewellers'
catalogues. He also began to draw illustrations for the
English magazines - "Eve", "Sketch" and "The
Illustrated London News" and street scenes for the
French - "La Vie Parisienne" (ill. .1).
In less then a year Rzewuski became famous. His
portraits, a little idealized and stylized, depicting the
model in a rather sophisticated pose and elaborate
gestures (ill. 2), gained great popularity. A close friend
of the painter and writer Józef Czapski and musician
Nikolai Nabokov, Rzewuski knew the whole aristic
milieu of the twenties.
Aleksander Rzewuski received further commissions.
In 1920 he was asked by the editor's office Piazza to
draw 20 gouaches illustrating the Polish Legends. He
also designed exotic costumes for films, theatre plays
and shows. June 1923 was the date of Rzewuski's first
exhibition in Paris - in the well-known Galerie Georges
Petit. It's success led to a large number of orders for
portraits. At that time the artist began to experiment with
the dry point technique (ill.3). At his second exposition,
in April 1926, held in the Galerie Jean Charpentier he
showed over forty portraits in dry point. The reviews of
this exposition were also very good.
In autumn 1926 Rzewuski received an invitation
from the actress Pola Negri to visit the United States.
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