Dimensions: 81.5 x 46 cm
Signed, dated and inscribed l.d.: 'Stanisłąw Fabijański | Kraków 1912.'
Biography
Began his artistic studies in Lviv with sculptor Leonard Marconi, then from 1883 to 1888 studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow under, among others, Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, Florian Cynk, Leopold Loeffler and Jan Matejko. In 1888 he went to Munich and studied under Alexander Wagner at the Academy there. He traveled to Italy and Paris, and settled in Krakow upon his return. In oil and watercolor he painted urban views, mainly of Cracow, portraits, genre and historical scenes, fantasy and religious compositions. Among his best-known representations are Krakow vedutas, among which are often silhouettes of the Sigismund Chapel, the Wawel Royal Castle, the Garden House at St. Barbara's Church or the Florian Gate. He was also involved in illustration and sculpture.
