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Bogdan Cierpisz

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Bogdan Cierpisz
Bogdan Cierpisz
Born Bogdan Cierpisz

26 August 1930

Puławy, Poland

Died 23 January 1994 (aged 64)


Gdańsk, Poland

Resting place Srebrzysko Cemetery
Nationality Polish
Education School of Fine Arts, Sopot-Gdańsk
Known for
Bogdan Cierpisz, Vistula Shore, 1898, oil on canvas
Dealing with the theme of favorite painting 15th-century Pieta from the Carthusian monastery of Villeneuve-les-Avignon
Bogdan Cierpisz, Pieta, 1980's
Painting, Photography
Notable work Pieta
Movement Landscape painting
Spouse(s) Hanna Dowlasz

Bogdan Cierpisz (Polish pronunciation: [bo:gdan t͡ɕɛ'rpiʂ] (listen); 26 August 1930 – 23 January 1994) was a Polish painter, known for oil on canvas paintings of landscapes, especially nearby Vistula (/ˈvɪstjʊlə/; Polish: Wisła, Polish pronunciation: [ˈvʲiswa] (listen), Kazimierz Dolny and [1]. The art of Bogdan Cierpisz continues the tradition of Polish colourism, the so-called Sopot school [1].

Bogdan Cierpisz, Vistula Shore, 1989, oil on canvas

His teachers at the School of Fine Arts in Sopot-Gdańsk included Jan Cybis, Jacek Żuławski, Józef Łakomiak and Jan Wodyński. Bogdan Cierpisz spent most of his life in Gdańsk. Later, he became the Head of the Department of Primary Education at the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Gdańsk [1].

Biography

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Bogdan Cierpisz was born on 26 August 1930, in Puławy.[1] His father, Stanisław Cierpisz was first military paramedic than sergeant in 2 Pułk Saperów Kaniowskich under command of Stanisław Magnuszewski [2]. His mother Anna Cierpisz (Bończyk) was employed at the Health Centre in Pulawy. Bogdan Cierpisz had 2 older siblings; brother Stanisław Cierpisz and sister Maria Cierpisz (in 1944 she was a nurse in Warsaw Uprising (aka: Maria, Bakcyl department).

After graduation,[] Bogdan Cierpisz moved to Gdańsk. He studied at the School of Fine Arts, in Sopot till 1954, then in Gdańsk in 1957 he had diploma [2] (school of Fine Arts was seated till 1954 in Sopot, after that in Gdańsk [3]. He was conducted by many famous artists: Jan Cybis, Jacek Żuławski, Józef Łakomiak and Jan Wodyński.

In ...he met his wife Hanna/Eryka Dowlasz during ..., with whom he had daughter Joanna.

Because of difficult material situation among - he was painting- he started working as a teacher first in.... and then in 1970 when the University of Gdańsk arrised [a]. He was teaching ......

He was a valuable and well-thought-of teacher. He died in 1994 in Gdańsk.

Significance, style, themes

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He is counted as an artist who continued the tradition of Polish colourism, the so-called Sopot school. His earliest paintings are very expressive and colorful and have a very rough surface. Bogdan Cierpisz didn't paint much using brush but paint spatulas instead. The paintings of the first stage have large expressive background, espacially marine ones.

The second stage consist especially landscapes especially near Vistula river. Painting are also rough in surface but more calm. Bohdan Zadura written that Bogdan Cierpisz was ...

In addition to landscapes Bogdan Cierpisz made also numerous the sacred themes. Especially crucification and his very favorite - famous "Pieta". When he was painting his own interpretation of Pieta from Awinion, the author of the original wasn't known. He beliewed that Pieta from Awignion is the most beautiful painting. In his own interpretation he painted St. Mary's Basilica

His paintings are on display in numerous Polish museums; including the National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Poznań and National Museum in Wrocław.[

Selected works

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The following is a selected list of Matejko's works, in chronological order.

# Title Year Technique and size Location Illustration
1. Carowie Szujscy przed Zygmuntem III (The Shuysky Princes before King Sigismund III) 1853 oil on canvas

75.5 cm × 109 cm

National Museum in Wrocław
2. Stańczyk 1862 oil on canvas

120 × 88 cm

National Museum, Warsaw
3. Kazanie Skargi (Skarga's Sermon) 1864 oil on canvas

224 × 397 cm

Royal Castle, Warsaw
4. Rejtan 1866 oil on canvas

282 × 487 cm

Royal Castle, Warsaw
5. Alchemik Sędziwój (Alchemist Sendivogius) 1867 oil on canvas

73 × 130 cm

Museum of Arts in Łódź
6. Unia Lubelska (Union of Lublin) 1869 oil on canvas

298 cm × 512 cm

Lublin Museum
7. Stefan Batory pod Pskowem (Stefan Batory at Pskov) 1872 oil on canvas

322 × 545 cm

Royal Castle, Warsaw
8. Astronom Kopernik, czyli rozmowa z Bogiem (Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God) 1873 oil on canvas

225 × 315 cm

Collegium Novum
9. Zawieszenie dzwonu Zygmunta (The Hanging of the Sigismund bell) 1874 oil on wood

94 × 189 cm

National Museum, Warsaw
10. Śmierć króla Przemysła II (Death of King Przemysł II) 1875 Modern Gallery in Zagreb
11. Bitwa pod Grunwaldem (Battle of Grunwald) 1878 oil on canvas

426 × 987 cm

National Museum, Warsaw
12. Polonia - Rok 1863 (Polonia - year 1863) 1879 oil on canvas

156 × 232 cm

Czartoryski Museum, Kraków
13. Hołd pruski (The Prussian Homage) 1880-82 oil on canvas

388 × 875 cm

National Museum, Kraków
14. Jan III Sobieski pod Wiedniem (John III Sobieski at Vienna) 1883 Vatican Museums
15. Wernyhora 1883-84 oil on canvas

290 × 204 cm

National Museum, Kraków
16. Założenie Akademii Lubrańskiego w Poznaniu (Founding of the Lubrański Academy in Poznań) 1886 National Museum, Poznań
17. Dziewica Orleańska (Maid of Orléans) 1886 oil on canvas

484 x 973 cm

National Museum, Poznań
18. Bitwa pod Racławicami (Battle of Racławice) 1888 oil on canvas

450 × 890 cm

National Museum, Kraków
19. cycle Dzieje cywilizacji w Polsce (History of civilization in Poland) 1888-1889
20. Chrzest Litwy (Baptism of Lithuania) 1888 oil on canvas

60 × 115.5 cm

National Museum, Warsaw
21. Zaprowadzenie chrześcijaństwa (Introduction of Christianity [to Poland]) 1889 oil on wood

79 × 120 cm

National Museum, Warsaw
22. cycle Poczet królów i książąt polskich (Fellowship of the kings and princes of Poland) 1890-1892
23. Konstytucja 3 Maja 1791 r. (Constitution of 3 May 1791) 1891 oil on canvas

247 cm × 446 cm

Royal Castle, Warsaw
24. Carowie Szujscy przed Zygmuntem III (The Shuysky Princes before King Sigismund III) 1892 oil on wood

42 cm × 63 cm

Jan Matejko House in Kraków
25. Self-portrait (Autoportret) 1892 oil on canvas

160 cm × 110 cm

National Museum, Warsaw
26. Śluby Jana Kazimierza (Oath of Jan Kazimierz) 1893 oil on wood

315 cm × 500 cm

National Museum, Wrocław

See also

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Notes

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  1. Pieta

References

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  1. WYDZIAŁ MALARSTWA I GRAFIKI AKADEMII SZTUK PIĘKNYCH W GDAŃSKU, monography, ISBN 978-83-918739-4-6,Wydawnictwo Bernardinium, 2007, page 137, link
  2. Zapomniany Kaniowczyk ppłk Stanisław Magnuszewski (1888-1968), Zbigniew Kiełb, 2018, ISBN: 9788394329112

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