Ferdynand Ruszczyc - SKETCHLINE

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1870 - 1936

Ferdynand Ruszczyc

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A Belarusian and Polish landscape painter, graphic artist and designer, theater designer and book illustrator, as well as a publicist.

Being a talented teacher, he was a professor at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and at the Krakow Academy of Arts. He was a member of the Committee for the Restoration of the Vilnius University, a chairman of the commission for the protection of historical monuments, a member of the Art Association and a member of the “Sztuka” society (“Art”), which was organized by Polish artists of modernist orientation. He was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor (1921, France).

A gymnasium in Lithuania and one of the streets of Minsk are named after Ferdinand Ruszczyc.

Key ideas:

– F. Ruszczyc created works (mainly landscapes) in the manner and style of Romantic Symbolism. In paintings, along with exceptional pictorial power and dynamic brushstroke, the author appreciated live, vividly optimistic and all-conquering idea of ​​renewal. He exquisitely expressed it in his “Spring”. Laconic names – “Earth”, “Peace”, “Cloud”, etc. were chosen by the master not by chance, giving the viewer a chance to make his own points when contemplating paintings with vast open spaces and minimal details. This technique allowed the artist to create paintings, characterized as monumental. At the same time, a rather dark palette does not decrease the philosophical optimism of the author even in dramatic scenes (“Emigrants”) and at the same time adds deep epic-symbolist meanings to the works.

– Creating illustrations and book covers (designed over fifty), sketches of posters, F. Ruszczyc demonstrates his masterly painting skill. In these works, often full of details, each element has its own philosophical sense and encourages an attentive viewer to think.

– As a decorator, the artist co-authored the visuals in theatrical productions based on the plays of Juliusz Slowacki (Balladina, 1914), Stanislaw Wyspianski (November Night, 1930), etc. As an outstanding writer, he staged such dramatic works as Pierre Corneille’s “Cid” (Vilnius Theater, 1924) and wrote articles on ancient monuments.

Ferdynand Ruszczyc

On Artist

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Romanticism

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Nicholas Roerich

Wilhelm Purvitos

Jacek Malczewski

Jozef Mehoffer

Stanislav Vyspiansky

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Kuzma Ermakov

Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin

Arkhip Kuindzhi

By Artist

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Symbolism

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Arkady Rylov

Jan Stanislavsky

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Mikaloyus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Museum in Warsaw.

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Museum in Poznan, Poland.

1902

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Art Gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania.

1902

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Silesian Museum in Katowice, Poland.

1901

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Art Gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania.

1901

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Museum in Warsaw, Poland.

1898

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk.

1899

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Museum in Krakow, Poland.

1898

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Masovian Museum in Plock, Belarus.

1895