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{{Short description|Polish painter (1887–1968)}}
{{Short description|Polish painter (1887–1968)}}
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Polish painter (1887–1968)
Bronisław Bartel (1887 – 1968) was a Polish painter.
Biography
Bronisław Bartel was born in Zawiercie on 3 November 1887.[1], from Herman Bartel, an industry clerk, and Salomea née Borg.[2] Adter his birth, the family moved to the village of Sławniów, 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Zawiercie. There Bronisław’s brothers were born:Ryszard (22 March 1897) and Zygfryd (31 January 1899).[3]
From 1905 to 1910, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow under the supervision of famous professors: Julian Fałat, Teodor Axentowicz and Ferdynand Ruszczyc.[1]
His first solo exhibition took place in 1910[2] at the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts.[1]
In 1912, he spent one year in Warsaw before residing permanently in Poznań. There, in 1919, he started working as the manager of the St. Wojciech Printing and Bookstore (Święty Wojciech Dom Medialny), a publishing house founded in 1897 by Archbishop Florian Stablewski.[4] It is today the oldest Catholic publishing house operating in Poland.
From 1921 to 1926, he was a member of the Świt Association for people with disabilities and the president of the Greater Poland Artists’ Group Plastyka.[1] Between 1922 and 1926, Bartel was a professor at the State School of Artistic Industry in Bydgoszcz:[2]
he lived in 20 January 1920 Street at today’s Nr. 19.[5]
Between 1927 and 1939 he served as a professor of decorative painting, anatomy and nude study at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań.[1] From 1946 to 1951, he was the director of the High School of Fine Arts in Poznań.[1]
In 1929, he won the third prize in the competition for the polychrome decoration of the Sejm Hall in Warsaw.[3] The Poznań’s Association of Polish Artists and Designers organized an exhibition of Bartel’s works in February 1959.[6]
Bronisław Bartel died on 24 April 1968, in Poznań.[1] He was buried on 27 April 1968, at the Junikowo Cemetery in Poznań.
Works
Bartel painted figurative compositions, portraits, landscapes, still lifes in warm, subdued colors.[7] He also practiced decorative paintings or poster designs.[3]
The collection of the National Museum in Poznań includes some of his works.
Selective list of creations
- Podwórko (Backyard) – 1912, Regional Museum of Bydgoszcz;[8]
- Zima (Winter) – 1913;
- Roztopy (Thaws) – 1913;
- Wieś o zimowym zmierzchu (The village at winter dusk) – 1915;
- Portret Matki (Mother’s portrait) – 1917, National Museum in Poznań;
- Dziecko (Child) – 1932;
- Demon – 1930, National Museum in Poznań;
- Mulatka (Mulatto) – 1930, National Museum in Poznań;
- Walcownia (Rolling mill) – 1949, National Museum in Poznań.
Personal life
Bronisław Bartel married two times, first to Adela Maria Kiersztejnin, then to Janina Brzezińska. He had three children: Wojciech (1917–1964), born in Warsaw, Andrzej, and Barbara.[3]
Rewards and recognition
On 11 November 1936, by decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Bartel was awarded was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit (Polish: Złoty Krzyż Zasługi) for his works in the field of culture and art.[9]
See also
References
External link
Bibliography
- Rudowski, Jan (1992). Polski słownik biograficzny T. 33 [Polish Biographical Dictionary Vol. 33 (1991-1992)] (in Polish). Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich – Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk. pp. 501–515.
Category:1887 births
Category:1968 deaths
Category:Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Category:20th-century Polish painters
Category:Academic staff of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań
Category:People born in Zawiercie
Category:People from Bydgoszcz
Category:Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
