Stanislaw Czajkowski (1878 Warsaw - 1954 Sandomierz), View of Wawel Castle, 1941

Biography
Stanislaw Czajkowski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, from which he graduated in 1902. At that time, as a young artist, he was admitted to the Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". 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.