66 Facts About Czeslaw Znamierowski

Czeslaw Viktorovich Znamierowski was a renowned Soviet Lithuanian painter, a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR, known for his large artworks and love of nature.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was born in Zatisje, Ludza, in eastern Latvia, to a father who worked as a land-surveyor and a mother who was a music teacher.

Czeslaw Znamierowski attended the St Petersburg Academy of Art twice between 1912 and 1917, and then attended Vilnius University from 1926 to 1929.

Czeslaw Znamierowski studied under Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Arkady Rylov, Isaac Levitan, and Nicholas Roerich.

Czeslaw Znamierowski lived in Vilnius the remainder of his life, and often painted images of the cities landscapes.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was one of the few artists in the Soviet Union, whose art was allowed to leave The Iron Curtain.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was born on May 23,1890, in Latvia in a small village of Zatishye.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was born into a poor but very artistic working-class Polish family.

Czeslaw Znamierowski's father was a land-surveyor, and his mother was music and singing teacher, who occasionally painted as well.

Czeslaw Znamierowski's mother adored art and it was under her influence that Czeslaw first discovered painting.

In 1911 Czeslaw Znamierowski arrived in St Petersburg to continue his art education.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was admitted into the "Society for the Encouragement of the Arts" located on Bolshaya Morskaya Street, not far from the Moika river.

Shortly after Czeslaw Znamierowski began his studies, he had to withdraw himself from school, and go back home because of a difficult family situation.

In 1915 Czeslaw Znamierowski was accepted into St Petersburg Academy of Arts, where teachings of Arkady Rylov and works of Isaac Levitan had a strong impact on the young artist.

Czeslaw Znamierowski returned to the life of art, displaying his landscapes in Riga Art Gallery.

Czeslaw Znamierowski left Latvia in 1926, moving to the neighboring Poland, so he could again resume his art education.

The reason why Czeslaw Znamierowski entered Vilnius University was not because he lacked knowledge or skills, but because he specifically wanted to study with Prof.

Czeslaw Znamierowski finished his studies in 1929, however the move to Poland turned out to be a permanent one.

Czeslaw Znamierowski fell in love with the country, and although traveling extensively throughout his life, Vilnius was where he lived until his final days.

In 1931 Czeslaw Znamierowski got an honor prize for his art, and in 1932, in Krakow he obtained an Honorary Diploma for his landscape painting "Before Rain".

Czeslaw Znamierowski continued to participate in exhibitions, social events and activities up until 1941 when the war broke out between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Czeslaw Znamierowski survived World War II, and even continued to paint during those difficult years, while helping with the war efforts.

In 1947 Czeslaw Znamierowski became a member of the LSSR Artists Union, and in 1965 he was awarded with a prestigious title of Honorable Artist of LSSR.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was a professional artist for his entire life.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was laid to rest at the St Peter's and St Paul's Church graveyard in Vilnius city.

In Vilnius, Czeslaw Znamierowski lived and worked his entire life in the same house located on 15 Antakalnis street.

Czeslaw Znamierowski's garden contained different variety of roses, gerberas, dahlias and many other flowers.

Czeslaw Znamierowski had exhibitions in Warsaw, Moscow, London and beyond, in Europe and America.

Czeslaw Znamierowski felt that an exhibition of his art is a "confession" of his entire life.

Czeslaw Znamierowski had seven major solo exhibitions in Vilnius and Warsaw.

Czeslaw Znamierowski's artworks were exhibited in Riga, Ludza, Vilnius, Krakow, Warsaw, Moscow, St Petersburg and many other cities in USSR.

In 1929, upon graduation from Vilnius University, Czeslaw Znamierowski arranged an exhibition of his artworks.

In 1931 during an exhibition held by the State Gallery of Krakow, Czeslaw Znamierowski received an honor prize for his paintings.

In 1933 at an exhibition called "Incentive" organized by the Zacheta National Gallery of Art C Znamierowski won a bronze medal, for his painting "Before Rain".

In 1954, Czeslaw Znamierowski held another one-man exhibition in Vilnius, Lithuania.

In 1962 Czeslaw Znamierowski held the largest one-man exhibitions to date.

In celebration of his 85 birthday Czeslaw Znamierowski held a one-man exhibition in Vilnius city.

Czeslaw Znamierowski strived and was able to depict constantly changing mood of nature which showed many impressionist tendencies in his art.

Czeslaw Znamierowski greatly excelled in large landscapes and cityscapes, which took a major place in his artistic career.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was very fond of painting quiet corners of nature, especially the early spring when snow melted and nature awoke.

Vilnius: Czeslaw Znamierowski was extremely fond of depicting Vilnius, its surroundings, rivers and lakes.

Czeslaw Znamierowski became greatly attracted to the hills, valleys and evergreen pine forests of Lithuanian capital.

Czeslaw Znamierowski tried to absorb the mystery of creation and never rush himself to finish his work.

Color and mood: Czeslaw Znamierowski was very sensitive to the beauty of nature, subtly grasping its specifics and feeling the rhythm of the composition.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was never limited to one type of scenery, state of weather or time of the year.

Genres: Czeslaw Znamierowski worked in different genres such as portrait, still-life landscapes, cityscapes, architectural sites and other compositions.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was considered a great master of this profession and received many orders.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was drawn to large, panoramic and even epic artworks, and painted a number of them in his lifetime.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was one of the first artists who started to paint panoramic landscapes of Soviet Lithuania, which were intended to be used for decorating the interiors of public buildings.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was well versed in wood-carving, architecture, carpentry, floriculture.

Czeslaw Znamierowski made his own frames and even carved wooded sculptures for his garden.

Czeslaw Znamierowski managed to approach everything independently and achieve perfect quality in almost all things he tried.

Czeslaw Znamierowski's paintings are located in many museums and art galleries; they can be found abroad as well.

Sir Czeslaw Znamierowski did not obey vanity, he was not looking for fame, but he was a painter of uncommon reputation.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was one of the few artists in the Soviet Union, whose art was allowed to leave The Iron Curtain.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was known for his joyful personality, outer calmness and great inner emotions which he had been expressing through his art.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was an idealist who saw the good in the world around him.

Czeslaw Znamierowski had excellent work ethics, dedication and commitment to art which showed through over 3000 paintings that he created during his lifetime, many of which were of a very large panoramic size.

Czeslaw Znamierowski managed to approach everything independently, and to achieve perfect quality in almost all things he tried his hand at.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was remarkable for his unusual diligence; his short sleep was his only break.

Czeslaw Znamierowski readily made friends with the natives of any country.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was no stranger to Latvians, Lithuanians, Jews, Tatars, Karaites, Russians.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was awarded a title of Honorable Artist of LSSR.

Czeslaw Znamierowski learned, read, wrote, and spoke fluent Lithuanian, but above that, he accepted Lithuania, and especially Vilnius as his home.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was fluent in Russian and for several years lived and received his highest art education in St Petersburg.

Czeslaw Znamierowski was most influenced and painted in what can be called Russian realism and Russian academic style.