Chełmoński Józef Marian

Chełmoński, Józef Marian (ur. 1849 Boczki near Łowicz, zm. 1905 Kuklówka area. Grodzisk Mazowiecki).
Józef Chełmoński was born 7 November 1849 r. in the village of Boczki near Łowicz. He died 6 April 1914 in Kuklówka. Joseph's son, petty tenant, the mayor of the village of Boczki, and Izabela Łoskowski. He was married to Maria Szymanowska in 1878.
His father gave him his first drawing tips. After graduating from a real gymnasium in Warsaw, he studied in 1867-1871 in the Warsaw Drawing Class and in W. Gerson's private studio. In years 1871-1874 he was in Munich; from 23 January 1872 for several months he studied at the local academy with H. Anschutz and A. Strahuber. However, a more significant influence on him was exerted by the community of Polish painters operating in Munich, including J. Brzandtem i M. Gierymski. W 1872 i 1874 visited the country, he traveled to Podolia and Ukraine. Chełmoński's earliest works were strongly influenced by Gerson. Next painted in Munich and Warsaw, deeply felt landscapes and countryside scenes full of character and movement, attacked by conservative criticism, stood next to the works of M.. i A. Gierymskich as a manifestation of full realism. W 1875, thanks to the help of C. Godebski, he left for Paris, where he exhibited in official salons: w 1876 – The case at the commune head, Thaw; w 1878 – Four; w 1882 – In front of the inn, Cossack stop. He soon gained notoriety; w 1878 A. Goupil concluded an agreement with Chełmoński on the right to purchase his paintings. Many of them went to England and America.
After visiting Poland in 1878 traveled to Vienna and Venice. Having visited the country of 1882 i 1883, he returned to him permanently in 1887, settling off 1889 in the village of Kuklówka. Landscapes full of sentiment and mood began to dominate his work, often animated with the theme of a wild bird or animal, and images of peasant life closely connected with nature.

Sanna, 1880
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Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom;