Stanislawa de Karlowska
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Landscapes, Flower paintings Art Work
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Stanislawa de Karlowska |
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Female |
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1876 |
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1952 |
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Quick Facts
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Landscapes, Flower paintings |
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Expressionism |
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Painter
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Biography
In the monograph on the painter Robert Bevan, Stanislawa de Karlowska's husband, written by their son (London 1965), de Karlowska appears as a footnote to his story. It is asserted that she was beautiful but 'far from being an intellectual', In fact, de Karlowska had a long, dedicated career as an artist. She trained in Cracow, Poland, and then at the Academie Julian, Paris. After her marriage to Bevan in 1897, the couple moved to London, the city which became their most important subject. Both exhibited at the Allied Artists Association in 1908, but while Bevan was recruited to join first the Fitzroy Street Group, and then the Camden Town Group, De Karlowska was not invited.
De Karlowska's painting combined a modernist style (the structures of the city streets were summarized in areas of strong color) with knowledge of the vivid patterns of Polish folk art, a characteristic that distinguished her work from that of many of her British contemporaries. She exhibited with the Women's International Art Club from the 1900s. De Karlowska was also a founder member of the London Group, showing with them throughout her life, and her painting At Chalk Farm (1923) was included in the 1964 Tate exhibition Fifty years of the London Group.
The Adams Gallery held two solo exhibitions of de Karlowska's work, in 1935 and 3954. At the latter, her memorial exhibition, there were a number of paintings of Soho Square, including The Square in Wartime (1939-40). She and Bevan were given a joint exhibition at the Polish Library in 1968.
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