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View of Chartres

Stanislaw Wyspianski

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Basic information
ID
Г-V-665/6а,б
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name
View of Chartres
Date of creation
1890
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
19.8 x 15.9
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
a) This is a landscape of urban development with a river. Across the river, one can see an image of two stone bridge’s arches; five human figures are vaguely depicted on it. b) This is a landscape of urban development above the river (?); in the foreground there is a tree (?). In the left part of the work, two Gothic spires of the cathedral are shown.
Inscriptions
a) At the right top there is an inscription "Chartres" and the date "5 czerwca 1890". On the bottom right there is the author monogram. b) At the right top there is an inscription "Chartres".

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