Grabowski, Stanisław

Grabowski, Stanisław (ur. 1901 Libya (Estonia), zm. 1957 Chartres (France)).
Painter, ceramics, chart. He took his first drawing lessons in Libawa with Professor Szklerys. He painted landscapes around his hometown and copied Pankiewicz's paintings. W 1914 he left for Rybińsk on the Volga, where he studied in a private studio of Szczygłów. W 1919 he was in Petrograd, where he first encountered European painting in the Hermitage. In the same year he moved to Warsaw. He studied here at the SSP under the supervision of K.. Tichego. W 1927 he left for Paris, where he continued his studies in the studios of F. Legera i A. Ozenfanta. He also spent three years in Spain. He settled permanently in France. He took an active part in the artistic life of Paris, exhibited at the Salons, in private galleries. He has had exhibitions in London and New York, he also regularly sent his works to exhibitions in Warsaw, Poznań and Kielce. Grabowski's art developed and settled in constant contact with contemporary French painting. The artist was influenced by many, however, he was able to give his works the mark of his own style, create your own world, situated somewhere on the verge of reality and poetic vision. The final shape of his works, their colors depended largely on the mood, the artist's state of mind, always emotionally energized when he started work, never indifferently.

The girl and the moon, 1929-30
oil, canvas, 80 x 46 cm;
Museum of Art in Łódź;