Collection

Fragment of Basilica of Saint-Denis

Stanislaw Wyspianski

Basic information

ID: Г-V-409
Author: Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name: Fragment of Basilica of Saint-Denis
Date of creation: 1890
Technique: drawing
Material: tracing paper on cardboard Indian ink pen
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 19.5 x 28.5

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: architecture painting
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Stanislaw Wyspianski
Artist's lifetime: 1869–1907
Biography: Stanislaw Wyspianski was born in 1869 in Krakow. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He was a member of the Young Poland movement, and art editor of the weekly Życie (Life). Stanislaw Wyspianski is known as a playwright and poet, modernist painter, and designer. The artist died in November 1907. He was buried in Krakow.

Object description

The picture represents a fragment of a Roman Catholic Church, in the foreground of which there are circular-shaped towers. On the left there are Gothic spires and stained glass elements. There are no landscape scenes in the work.

Fragment of Basilica of Saint-Denis

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