Dailininkas Kazimieras Stabrauskas
Painter Kazimieras Stabrauskas

Summary/Abstract: The artist Kazimieras Stabrauskas (Polish: Kazimierz Stabrowski, 1869–1929) was born in a landlord’s from Naugardukas family, in Kruplian, the Province of Grodno. After graduating from Białystok Real Gymnasium, he studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1887–1894. In 1894–1897, he continued his studies in Ilya Repin‘s studio. In 1897, he studied at Julian Academy in Paris. He traveled to the countries of the Middle East including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia. He also often visited the main cultural centers in the Western Europe. In 1903, he settled in Warsaw, where in 1904 he established the Warsaw School of Arts and headed it until 1909. During this period he closely cooperated with the members of the Young Poland (Młoda Polska) Movement, lectured to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, published articles on theosophy and occultism, promoted the idea of the Lithuanian art exhibitions. In 1907–1912, together with his wife Julia (who was born in Kaunas) he took part in the first six Lithuanian Art Society exhibitions. He painted a lot of landscapes, fantasies, figural compositions, and many portraits of starry-eyed women. The characteristic features of his works display symbolism, neoromanticism, impressionism, modernity, fiction, allegory, expressiveness, and esotery, tinted with mystery.

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