Chmieliński (Stachowicz) Władysław watercolor

Władysław Chmieliński (Stachowicz)

born 1911 - 1979, country: Poland

Władysław Chmieliński (Warsaw 1911 - Warsaw 1979) was a painter associated with Warsaw, where he constantly lived and worked. In 1926-1931 he studied at the Municipal School of Decorative Arts and Painting (former Drawing Class) in Warsaw. The leading subject of his paintings were city views, painted in oil and watercolors. In the years 1935-1938 he created a series of watercolors depicting objects of Polish architecture; among them, views of Sandomierz, Krakow, Kazimierz on the Vistula, as well as the interiors of historic churches and palaces, incl. The Royal Castle in Warsaw and the Wilanów Palace. He also painted landscapes and rural genre scenes - sleigh rides, sleighs, carriages, weddings, horses against the landscape. In the years 1967-1969 he traveled to Denmark for longer stays. In the years 1936-1939 the artist also used the pseudonym "Władysław Stachowicz".