From Kolomyia to Krakow. A Contribution to Bibliography of Stanisław Daczyński (1856–1941)

Abstract

The article presents the painter Stanisław Daczyński (1856-1941), a student of Jan Matejko, who having completed his art studies and leaving Krakow worked at a pottery school in Kolomyia in Pokuttia. There has been scarcely any research conducted about the life of Stanisław Daczyński. The present article is a continuation of the studies on this painter, previously published by the author, and aims to bring him back to the space of the history of Polish culture and bring closer the space in which he functioned. The paper presents the outcome of the research conducted in the Jagiellonian Library (mainly the correspondence with a fellow artist Walerian Kryciński) and in several Polish archives, as well as information obtained from the author’s own collection. The study method used a historical and anthropological analysis of the source materials. The article reconstructs the social and cultural background of the Pokuttia, where the painter lived and worked. It also outlines his personal and professional life in Kolomyia, Vienna, Bochnia, Zakopane and Krakow. Moreover, it solves the dates of birth and death of the artist and his wife, Stefania Zajączkowska, and identifies the place of their burial. To illustrate the painter’s activity, the article is supplemented with iconography: his drawings and the photographs of him and the places he was associated with. They are meant to complement the presented profile of Stanisław Daczyński and the cultural context of the environment in which he lived and which he influenced.

Published
2021-12-30
How to Cite
Duda, K. (2021). From Kolomyia to Krakow. A Contribution to Bibliography of Stanisław Daczyński (1856–1941). The Ignatianum Philosophical Yearbook, 27(2), 317-360. https://doi.org/10.35765/rfi.2021.2702.16
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Articles