STANISLAW GALEK (1876-1961)
Gechovský štít (2,654 m - 8,709 ft)
In Tatry, watercolor, Private collection
Slovakia- Poland
The mountain
Gerlachovský štít (2,654 m - 8,709 ft), Gerlach Peak in english, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the whole 1,500 km (930 mi) long Carpathian mountain chain. The pyramidal shape of the massif is marked by a huge cirque. Despite its relatively low elevation, the about 2,000 m vertical rise from the valley floor makes Gerlachovský štít soar. Mistaken for an average mountain in the rugged High Tatras range in the more distant past, it has since played a symbolic role in the eyes of the rulers and populations of several Central European nations, to the point that between the 19th and mid-20th century, it had four different names with six name reversals. It managed to be the highest mountain of the Kingdom of Hungary, and of the countries of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia within the span of only about two decades of the 20th century.
Gerlachovský štít shares its geology and ecology with the rest of the High Tatras, but provides a worthwhile environment for biologists as the highest ground anywhere in Europe north of the parallel linking approximately Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna. With the travel restrictions imposed by the Eastern Bloc, the mountain was particularly treasured as the loftiest point available to climb to by Czechs, East Germans, Hungarians, Poles, and Slovaks. It continues to attract its share of visitors although the local authorities have been continually adding new restrictions on access.
The painter
Stanisław Gałek was a Polish painter and sculptor, and... designer of kilims. In 1896 he graduated from the Vocational School of Wood Industry in Zakopane and then taught in it a drawing, being an assistant to Edgar Kováts . In 1899 he began studies at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts in the studios of Jacek Malczewski and Jan Stanisławski. A year later, he stopped studying in Kraków and left for Munich , where he began studying at Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule.
Later, he studied at the Paris École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme.
In 1910, he left to create in Italy and the Crimea . In 1912 he received the work of a drawing teacher at a vocational school in Kołomyja, from where he returned to Zakopane in 1916 and again began to teach at the School of Wood Industry.
From 1931, he devoted himself only to painting.
He exhibited his works for the first time in 1900, he was a regular participant in exhibitions organized by the Krakow Society of Friends of Fine Arts and from 1907 by the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. He took part in an international exhibition organized in 1910 in Berlin, and in 1929 in the Poznań Universal National Exhibition. In 1930 he exhibited in Budapest and Vienna. In 1960, the Warsaw Zachęta exhibition hosted an individual jubilee exhibition showing the full artistic output of Stanisław Gałek. He was one of the most outstanding painters showing the Tatras , especially the area around Morskie Oko.
In addition, he carved and designed patterns of kilims for the Kilim association in Zakopane.
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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
Un blog de Francis Rousseau
Stanisław Gałek was a Polish painter and sculptor, and... designer of kilims. In 1896 he graduated from the Vocational School of Wood Industry in Zakopane and then taught in it a drawing, being an assistant to Edgar Kováts . In 1899 he began studies at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts in the studios of Jacek Malczewski and Jan Stanisławski. A year later, he stopped studying in Kraków and left for Munich , where he began studying at Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule.
Later, he studied at the Paris École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme.
In 1910, he left to create in Italy and the Crimea . In 1912 he received the work of a drawing teacher at a vocational school in Kołomyja, from where he returned to Zakopane in 1916 and again began to teach at the School of Wood Industry.
From 1931, he devoted himself only to painting.
He exhibited his works for the first time in 1900, he was a regular participant in exhibitions organized by the Krakow Society of Friends of Fine Arts and from 1907 by the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. He took part in an international exhibition organized in 1910 in Berlin, and in 1929 in the Poznań Universal National Exhibition. In 1930 he exhibited in Budapest and Vienna. In 1960, the Warsaw Zachęta exhibition hosted an individual jubilee exhibition showing the full artistic output of Stanisław Gałek. He was one of the most outstanding painters showing the Tatras , especially the area around Morskie Oko.
In addition, he carved and designed patterns of kilims for the Kilim association in Zakopane.
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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
Un blog de Francis Rousseau
