Kazimierz Stabrowski, SPRING IN THE PARK

50,8 x 64,0 cm - pastel, paper pastel, paper glued on plywood

sign. p.d.: K. Stabrowski | MGOWO - POM

Mgowo is a village located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian province, Wabrzezno county, Płużnica municipality. A palace and park complex is located there. The estate in Mgowo was owned by the Działowski family from 1801, and a classicist palace was built there in 1840.

Kazimierz Stabrowski (Kruplany near Novogrudok 1869 - Garwolin 1929) - painter, draughtsman, pedagogue; from 1887 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. During his studies he received medals and decorations several times. In 1893 he traveled to Palestine in connection with, painted for his diploma, a painting of Muhammad in the desert, for which he later received a great gold medal. Despite his graduation, from 1895 he still trained in the studio of I.J.Riepin. In 1897 he went to Paris and attended the Académie Julian there, working under B.Constants and J.P.Laurens. In 1898 he returned to St. Petersburg. In 1900, at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, he received a great silver medal for his painting Silence in the Countryside. He also participated in other international exhibitions, including Munich (1901), Venice (1903). Since 1902 he was a member of the Association of Polish Artists Art. In 1903 he moved to Warsaw, where in 1904 he became the first director of the School of Fine Arts, being one of the initiators of its establishment. In 1909-1913 he traveled a lot - he was in France, Ni