Władysław Ślewiński (1854-1918) was a Polish painter. He was a student of Gauguins and a leading artist of the Young Poland movement.
Władysław Ślewiński was a Polish painter. He administered his estate in Poland before traveling to Paris in 1888. Once there he studied at the Académie Colarossi where he met Gauguin. The impression this encounter made on him and Gauguin's encouragement prompted Slewinski to dedicate himself to art. He submitted to...
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Władysław Ślewiński (1854-1918) was a Polish painter. He was a student of Gauguins and a leading artist of the Young Poland movement.
Władysław Ślewiński was a Polish painter. He administered his estate in Poland before traveling to Paris in 1888. Once there he studied at the Académie Colarossi where he met Gauguin. The impression this encounter made on him and Gauguin's encouragement prompted Slewinski to dedicate himself to art. He submitted to Gauguin's artistic and personal influence, spending time with him in Paris and, from 1889, in Pont-Aven and Le Pouldu in Brittany.
Seascapes painted during this period include Cliffs in Brittany. In 1891 Gauguin painted a portrait of Slewinski and presented it to him. IDuring this period Slewinski exhibited in Paris, with some success, both at the Salon des Independents in 1895 and 1896 and the Galerie Georges Thomas in 1897 and 1898.
Ślewiński's philosophy of art seems to stem from an excerpted statement of his about Gauguin: "He is so much...
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