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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
Polish
1885–1939
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Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz. Self-Portrait, Collapse, with Lamp, Zakopane. c. 1913. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 x 7 1/8" (13 x 18.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase. Digital image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY - Alternate Name(s) Witkacy (Alternate Name)
Artist Chronology
| February 24, 1885 |
Born
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Warsaw |
| Mid-1890–mid-1905 |
Lives in Zakopane
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Zakopane |
| 1899 |
Makes his first photographs and family portraits
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Zakopane |
| 1901 |
Visits the Hermitage
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Saint Petersburg |
| 1904 |
Travels to Vienna, Munich, and Italy
Meets the composer Karol Szymanowski and encounters Arnold Böcklin's paintings, which will have a large influence on his own work.
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Vienna Italy Munich |
| 1905–06 |
Studies at Krakow Academy of Fine Arts
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Kraków |
| Late January–April 1908 |
Travels to Paris and sees art exhibitions
Encounters the works of Nabis, Fauves, and Cubists and visits the 24th Salon des Indépendants
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Paris |
| 1912–14 |
Makes many photographic portraits
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Zakopane |
| August 1913 |
Exhibits at the gallery of the Society of Friends of the Fine Arts
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Kraków |
| 1915–January 1916 |
Completes officer training for the Russian army
Serves in the elite Pavlovsky Regiment, and is made a lieutenant in the infantry in January 1916.
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Saint Petersburg |
| July–September 1916 |
Severely wounded in battle and hospitalized in Vitonezh
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Minsk |
| February and October 1917 |
Witnesses the events of the Russian Revolution
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Saint Petersburg |
| November 15, 1917–June 1918 |
Discharged from the army; lives in Petrograd
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Saint Petersburg |
| July 1918–1939 |
Lives in Zakopane
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Zakopane |
| July 1918 |
Joins the group of painters known as the formalists. Begins exhibiting and playwriting with them
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Zakopane |
| 1919–24 |
Writes nearly 30 plays and some philosophical essays
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Zakopane |
| 1920 |
Exhibits extensively in Krakow, L'viv, and Warsaw
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Warsaw Kraków L`viv |
| 1921 |
His plays appear on stage for the first time
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Warsaw Kraków |
| 1928 |
Opens the Witkiewicz Portrait Painting Firm
Paintings follow a set of rules, which he publishes in the book Rules of the S.I. Witkiewicz Portrait-Painting Firm.
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Zakopane |
| September 4, 1939 |
Flees with other refugees to the East, away from advancing Nazis
At the outbreak of war, Witkiewicz travels to a mobilization unit in Warsaw but he is denied because of his age.
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Warsaw |
| September 18, 1939 |
Dies
Witkiewicz commits suicide in Jeziory on the day the Soviets attack Poland from the East.
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Mosina |
