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Studio-Talk
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Studio-Talk
BUST OF MRS. BROWN POTTER. BY FRllD^RIC BEER
(See Florence Studio-Talk, p. ipp)
most productive ; his talent has passed through
numerous stages of evolution and has been exercised
in almost every branch of plastic art.
Born in Warsaw in 1852, Wyczolkowski attended
the school of drawing in this city under W. Gerson ;
later on he studied under Prof. Alexander Wagner
in Munich, and finally became a pupil of the great
Polish historic painter, Jan Matejko in Cracow.
Public attention was first drawn to the young artist
by a picture representing the flight of Maryna
Mniszek, the wife of the False Demetrius—a work
of deep pathos. A stay of some years duration in the
sun-bathed Ukraine revealed to him the problems
of plein-air, and together with J. Pankiewicz and
W. Podkowinski, a painter who died early, Wyczol-
kowski became one of the first Polish impressionists,
the pictures he painted at that time of fishermen,
ploughmen, and field labourers in strong sunlight
counting among the best things they have done.
Later on pastel became his favourite medium, and
he acquired a thorough mastery of it. Turning to
portraiture he was very successful as a portrayer of
men ; he also painted landscapes, still-life, some
very fine flower-pieces, and even tried his hand at
sculpture. In all these works, the number of which
is very considerable, one is impressed by the brio
of the artist’s conception, his masterly command of
form, and the rich, vivid colour of his pictures.
Wyczolkowski began quite early to occupy him-
self with graphic art; and in the course of his career
he has tried practically every kind of technique, but
his favourite medium of expression has been, and
still is, auto-lithography, which seems to respond
better than any other to the pre-eminently impres-
“ I.A PITIE” BY FRfiDfiRIC BEER
(See Florence Studio-Talk, p. ipp)
BUST OF MRS. BROWN POTTER. BY FRllD^RIC BEER
(See Florence Studio-Talk, p. ipp)
most productive ; his talent has passed through
numerous stages of evolution and has been exercised
in almost every branch of plastic art.
Born in Warsaw in 1852, Wyczolkowski attended
the school of drawing in this city under W. Gerson ;
later on he studied under Prof. Alexander Wagner
in Munich, and finally became a pupil of the great
Polish historic painter, Jan Matejko in Cracow.
Public attention was first drawn to the young artist
by a picture representing the flight of Maryna
Mniszek, the wife of the False Demetrius—a work
of deep pathos. A stay of some years duration in the
sun-bathed Ukraine revealed to him the problems
of plein-air, and together with J. Pankiewicz and
W. Podkowinski, a painter who died early, Wyczol-
kowski became one of the first Polish impressionists,
the pictures he painted at that time of fishermen,
ploughmen, and field labourers in strong sunlight
counting among the best things they have done.
Later on pastel became his favourite medium, and
he acquired a thorough mastery of it. Turning to
portraiture he was very successful as a portrayer of
men ; he also painted landscapes, still-life, some
very fine flower-pieces, and even tried his hand at
sculpture. In all these works, the number of which
is very considerable, one is impressed by the brio
of the artist’s conception, his masterly command of
form, and the rich, vivid colour of his pictures.
Wyczolkowski began quite early to occupy him-
self with graphic art; and in the course of his career
he has tried practically every kind of technique, but
his favourite medium of expression has been, and
still is, auto-lithography, which seems to respond
better than any other to the pre-eminently impres-
“ I.A PITIE” BY FRfiDfiRIC BEER
(See Florence Studio-Talk, p. ipp)