Collection

View of Chartres in France

Stanislaw Wyspianski

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Basic information
ID
Г-V-665/7а
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name
View of Chartres in France
Date of creation
1890
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
15.9 x 19.8
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
This is a cityscape with a river. In the foreground, one can see a triple-arched stone bridge, on which there are five clearly identifiable human figures. Three characters are having a rest, dangling their legs from the bridge. A house with a large round wall clock is depicted in the background. Behind the houseб one can see the outlines of two Gothic spires of a Roman Catholic Church.
Inscriptions
In the upper part of the work there is a creation place and date written in Polish.