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Julian Fałat (Tuligłowy, nearLwów, 30 July 1853 – 9 July 1929,Bystra Śląska) was one of the most prolificPolishwatercolorists, one of the country's foremostlandscapists, and a leadingimpressionist.
Fałat studied at theKraków School of Fine Arts underWładysław Łuszczkiewicz, then at theArt Academy of Munich. In the course of his 1885 travels about Europe andAsia, Fałat compiled studies which were conducive to the development of his art. Themes typical of his painting are Polish landscapes, hunting scenes, portraits, and travel observations.
He accepted an invitation from futureGerman EmperorWilhelm II to serve ascourt painter inBerlin and worked there 1886-1895.
In 1895 he became director of the Kraków School of Fine Arts. In 1900 he reorganized it as the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts.
Fałat died inBystra Śląska on 9 July 1929. A Polish museum, the Fałatówka, is devoted to him.
Works looted underGermany's World War II occupation of Poland occasionally appear in sales rooms. In December 2010,The Hunt andOff to the Hunt were seized by U.S. authorities from New York City auction houses. They are to be repatriated to Poland's National Museum of Art in Warsaw.
Fałat declared: "Polish art ought to convey our history and beliefs, our good qualities and our defects; it must be the quintessence of our soil, our sky, our ideals."[1]
Of Julian Fałat's three children, Kazimierz ("Togo", 1904–1981) also painted watercolors. Some of his works, produced in the same style[further explanation needed] after he settled in England (1947–[further explanation needed]), are largely in the hands of family.
Maciej Masłowski: Julian Fałat,Warsaw 1964, ed. "Arkady".
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