Dimensions: 15.5 x 23.8 cm
Signed p.d.: 'ST. CZAJKOWSKI'
described on the reverse: '"Study of the Sky" | ca. 1904', 'Study of the Sky', 'Gold (hard to read)', '4' (in circle), '17n' and the artist's legacy inventory number: 'Sr. Cz. | inv. 12', paper sticker with description: '26 | W (in circle) | 16' and another, fragmentarily preserved sticker described in pen: 'Studyum n[ieba]', described on the frame: 'clouds over the field' and two paper exhibition stickers
Origins
the artist's legacy
the collection of Anna Laudanska-Czajkowska and Irena Kosciałkowska
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Image of the World That Passes: Inspirations of Japanese Art in the Paintings of Jan Stanislawski and His Students, "Manggha" Center for Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow, May-September 2007; Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, September 22-November 4, 2007; Pomeranian Dukes' Castle in Szczecin, November-December 2007; Copper Museum in Legnica, March 14-May 31, 2008.
Stanislaw Czajkowski 1878-1954: Posthumous Exhibition of the Artist, Zachęta Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions, Warsaw, December 1980-January 1981
Literature
The image of the world that passes: inspirations of the art of Japan in the painting of Jan Stanislawski and his students, exhibition catalog, ed. by Anna Król, Center for Japanese Art and Technology "Manggha" in Cracow, Cracow 2007, p. 37 (il.), cat. no. 52
Stanislaw Czajkowski 1878-1954, catalog of the posthumous exhibition of the artist, Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions Zachęta in Warsaw, Warsaw 1980, cat. no. 29 or 30
Biography
Stanislaw Czajkowski studied at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1902. At that time, as a young artist, he was admitted to the Society of Polish Artists "Art". He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where his brother Joseph, also a painter and the great and unfulfilled love of Olga Boznanska, lived. While in Paris, he attended the Académie Julian. He made many artistic trips around Europe. He also visited various regions of Poland, as evidenced by landscapes from Kazimierz Dolny on the Vistula River, Wola Radziszowska, Vilnius or Podhale. He was friends with the most prominent figures of the artistic world, both in Cracow and Paris. He was a participant in the famous wedding of Lucjan Rydel, described by Stanislaw Wyspianski in his drama "The Wedding." Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński identified him with the character of Nosa. The artist came out of the school of Jan Stanislawski, who instilled in him a love of the native landscape. To a certain extent, Czajkowski became a continuator of his master's ideological legacy. He used intense colors and sweeping brushstrokes. He created atmospheric views in which he captured picturesque corners of Poland and beyond. In late 1980 and early 1981, a posthumous exhibition of the artist's works was held within the walls of Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery.
