Stanisław Chlebowski

Stanislaw Chlebowski (1835 – 1884) was a Polish painter with Russian and Turkish connections. He was a renowned specialist in oriental themes.cite book
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Chlebowski was born in Podole, and learned drawing in Odessa. Between 1853-1859, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, and then on a scholarship for six years in Paris as the pupil of the French orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Chlebowski traveled to Spain, Italy, Germany, and Belgium. His first success was selling his painting "Joanne d’Arc in Amiens prison” to Napoleon III of France

In the years 1864-1876 Chlebowski was master painter for Sultan Abdülaziz and took up residence in Istanbul. In 1876 he moved to Paris. In 1881 he returned permanently to Krakow. The subject matter of his watercolors and oil paintings is diverse. He painted images of historical battles related to the history of Turkey, oriental genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits of Sultans.

He died near Poznań in Kowanówko at age 49.

Chlebowski lived abroad for a long time and as a result his paintings were very rare in Poland. [ [http://creativegene.blogspot.com/2006/08/polish-art-collections-in-michigan.html Janicki, Stanislaw. "Polish Art Collections in Michigan, Part 2 of 3" Creative Gene, August 04, 2006] , retrieved on August 3, 2008.] The National Museum in Krakow houses some of his other important Orientalist works such as "Entrée de Mahomet II á Stamboul". [ [http://artyzm.com/e_artysta.php?id=280 Stanisław Chlebowski] , retrieved on August 3, 2008.]

Selected Works

*Entry of Sultan Mehmed II to Constantinople at the gate of the city (1873)
*Turkish wartownik (1880)
*The time of prayer
*Sultan Bayezid| in captivity of Tamerlane (1878)

References

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* [http://www.agraart.pl/cgi-bin/autor.cgi?act=1&qt=1212692565&nr=44 "Stanisław Chlebowski" Agra Art] , retrieved on August 3, 2008.
* [http://artyzm.com/e_artysta.php?id=280 Stanisław Chlebowski images of works on auction] , retrieved on August 3, 2008.
* [http://www.artistsearch.com/artists/CHLEBOWSKI_STANISLAW.htm Auctioned works by Chlebowski database, artistsearch.com] , retrieved on August 4, 2008.