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View of the Castle in Nuremberg / Street View in Nuremberg

Stanislaw Wyspianski

  • View of the Castle in Nuremberg / Street View in Nuremberg 2
  • View of the Castle in Nuremberg / Street View in Nuremberg 3
Basic information
ID
Г-V-665/15а,б
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name
View of the Castle in Nuremberg / Street View in Nuremberg
Date of creation
1890
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
19.1 x 14.5
Additionally
Type
graphic art
Genre
architecture painting
Provenance
Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Information about author
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Artist's lifetime
1869–1907
Country
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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) The picture represents a stone architectural complex development. In the center there is a semi-circular arch, on both sides of which there are stone staircases at some distance. On the left side of the work there is a circular shaped tower with a spire roof. b) In the foreground, one can see a part of a city street with high buildings on both sides; in the background there are low buildings.
Inscriptions
a) In the lower part of the work there is a creation place and date written in Polish. In the lower right corner there is the author monogram. b) In the lower part of the work there is a creation place and date written in Polish.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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