SIGISMUND IVANOWSKI American / New York, 1875-1944
"WOMAN RECLINING" Oil on canvasboard Housed in a 22k giltwood custom frame pianist/composer Paderewski, and the first Prime Minister of the Polish Republic; served as Court Painter to Tsar Nicholas II; illustrator for Century Magazine
Works Held Museum of the City of New York
Image Size : 12” x 16”
#6167
SIGISMUND IVANOWSKI
Birth place: Kurylowka, Ukraine Death place: Westmoreland, NH Addresses: Mountainside, NJ, 1908-44 Profession: Portrait painter, illustrator
Studied: Warsaw with Wojciech Gerson, 1887-90; St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Art, 1890-96 (gold medalist student); Munich; Ecole des Beaux-Arts; Académie Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens and B. Constant, 1897-98; in London with Whistler
Exhibited: Pratt Inst., 1907 (solo); Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1911-12; Society of Illustrators Exhibition at National Arts Club, 1912; Plainfield Public Library, 1914; Westfield Art Association, 1938; Westfield Historical Society, 1982 (retrospective)
Member: Society of Illustrators; National Arts Club; French Legion of Honor
Comments: Came to U.S. in 1902; lived in Westfield, NJ and kept studio at Hotel des Artistes in NYC. He painted a series of actresses in character parts for Century magazine, 1906-14; and painted portraits of notables such as Theodore Roosevelt, Paderewski, and others. Sources: Who’s Who 1913; PHF files
Sigismund de Ivanowski painter and illustrator of portraits, nudes, genre, cityscapes, and actresses was born in Kurylowka, Ukraine in 1875 and died in Westmoreland, NH in 1944. He came to America in 1902, lived in Westfield, NJ, and kept a studio at the
Hotel des Artistes in New York City. Ivanowski's address, from 1908 to 1944,
was in Mountainside, NJ. he was a gold medalist student at St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. Ivanowski also studied art in Munich; Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris; Academie Julian in Paris from 1897 to 1898 under Jean Paul Laurens (1838-1921) and Benjamin Constant (1845-1902); and in London with James Abbott McNeill Whistler.Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) the Polish statesman, composer, concert pianist and first Prime Minister of the Polish Republic, had their portraits painted by Ivanowski. From 1906 to 1914 he painted a series of actresses in character for "Century" magazine.
and the French Legion of Honor. His exhibitions include a one man show at Pratt Institute in 1907; the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY in 1911 and 1912; the Society of Illustrators at the National Arts Club in 1912; the Plainfield Public Library in 1914; the Westfields
Art Association in 1938; and a retrospective at the Westfield Historical
Society in 1982. Books :
Davenport, Ray, Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975 Falk, Peter Hastings, Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design1901-1950 Falk, Peter Hastings, Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor), Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-194 Marlor, Clark S, The Society of Independent Artists, Exhibition Record 1917-1944
Also see Ivanowski, "Looking Out":
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