Stanisław Wyspiański

Playwright, Visual Artist

1869 – 1907

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Who was Stanisław Wyspiański?

Stanisław Wyspiański was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the Young Poland Movement. Wyspiański was one of the most outstanding and multifaceted artists of his time in Poland under the foreign partitions. He successfully joined the trends of modernism with themes of the Polish folk tradition and Romantic history. Unofficially, he came to be known as the Fourth Polish Bard.

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Born
Jan 15, 1869
Kraków
Also known as
  • Stanislaw Wyspianski
  • Wyspiański, Stanisław
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Nationality
  • Poland
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Education
  • Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
  • Académie Colarossi
  • Jagiellonian University
Lived in
  • Kraków
Died
Nov 28, 1907
Kraków

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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