Stanisław Kamocki, BEFORE THE CHURCH IN WOLA RADZISZOWSKA

115.0 x 114.7cm - oil, canvas signed p.d.: K[...]cki

On the reverse, numbers (in white chalk): 9Z [crossed out]; 51 [in circle]; centrally large initials in mirror image: S.K; l.d. number: 96; p.d. twice inscribed (in pencil): S. Kamocki.


Stanislaw Kamocki (Warsaw 1875 - Zakopane 1944) was a landscape painter considered one of the most outstanding painters from the "Stanislawski school". Son of architect Kazimierz Kamocki, he learned drawing from his father. In 1891-1900 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow, including under Leon Wyczółkowski, Jacek Malczewski and Jan Stanislawski. In 1900 he was awarded a silver medal for landscapes. After his studies, he traveled to Paris (1901-1902) and Italy (1904-1905). In 1915-1919, while serving in the First Brigade of the Legions, he drew and painted portraits of legionaries. From 1920 he was a professor of landscape painting at his alma mater and went on numerous plein-air painting trips with his students. He was a member of several creative associations, including the Tow. of Polish Artists "Art," the Tow. of Polish Applied Art, and the Tow. of Podhale Art. He spent the years of occupation in Zakopane, still engaged in teaching. He painted mainly landscapes from the vicinity of Cracow and Podhale, but also from trips to Podolia and Volhynia and from his travels abroad. Less frequently, he painted still lifes and interiors. His paintings are characterized by outstanding decorative qualities. The artist was also involved in printmaking, especially lithography. He was the author of posters and programs of the Cracow cabaret "Zielony Balonik".