- Zygmunt Waliszewski
Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936) was a Polish painter, a member of the
Kapist movement.Waliszewski was born in
Saint Petersburg to the Polish family of an engineer. In 1907 his parents moved toTbilisi where Waliszewski spent his childhood. In Tbilisi began his studies at a prestigious art school. In 1908 he had his first exhibition and participated in the life of artisticavant-garde . DuringWorld War I he fought with the Russian army, returning to Tbilisi in 1917. He visited Moscow several times and became inspired by theRussian Futurists . He, later, became a member of a Futurist group. In the early 1920s, he departed for Poland, and settled inKraków . Between 1921 and 1924 he studied atAcademy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the studios ofWojciech Weiss and Józef Pankiewicz. In 1924 he went toParis with his avante-garde group and continued his studies in painting there under the guidance of Pankiewicz. He was a participant in the Capists' plein-air painting workshops in Cagnes, Valence, Cap Martin, andAvignon . At theLouvre , he painted copies and travesties of the works of old masters likeTitian , Veronese, Velázquez,Vermeer ,Goya , andDelacroix . He was also fascinated by the art ofCezanne ,van Gogh , andMatisse .In 1931 he returned to Poland, residing in
Warsaw ,Krzeszowice , and Kraków. During this time Waliszewski designed scenery and posters, created book illustrations, drew and painted caricatures and grotesque scenes. In Kraków he befriended the Polish Formists. Waliszewski painted primarily portraits and figural compositions and landscapes of the the rural countryside. He died suddenly in 1936.References
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