Czachórski, Władysław
Czachórski, Władysław (Ladislaus von Czachorski), Polish painter, member of the “Munich School”. 1868: studies at the Art Academy in Dresden, 1869-73 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 1879 until his death he runs a workshop in Munich. *22.9.1850 Lublin, †13.1.1911 Munich. 1866/67: studies in the Warsaw drawing class/Klasa Rysunkowa under Rafał Hadziewicz (1803-1886), 1868 at the Dresden Art Academy. On the 12.10.1869 he enrols in the nature class at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, studies under Hermann Anschütz (1802-1880), Carl Theodor (Karl) von Piloty (1826-1886) and Sandór (Alexander von) Wagner (1838-1919). From 1.5.1873, his brother Stanisław Czachórski (*1854 Lublin) studies in the antiquity class at the Munich Academy, and later works as an architect. 1874-77: he undertakes study trips to Italy and France. From 1879 he runs his own workshop in Munich. He is made an Honorary Professor at the Munich Art Academy and member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Award: 1893 the Bavarian Order of Michael. Czachórski paints scenes from books, history and plays (Shakespeare), still lifes and portraits. His greatest successes are his paintings of naturalist female figures in 18th century costumes in richly furnished, highly detailed interiors. He is a master at reproducing materials, flowers and jewellery, and has a preference for luxury and glamour. His painting “Hamlet and the Actors” (1875) is awarded a gold medal at the 1879 International Art Exhibition in Munich. His works can be found in the national museums in Danzig, Cracow, Posen/Poznań and Warsaw, as well as in other Polish museums, in the Braith-Mali-Museum in Biberach, in the Kunsthalle Bremen and in the National Gallery in Lviv.
Solo exhibition: 1911 Warsaw, Zachęta, Society of the Friends of the Fine Arts/Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych
Group exhibitions: 1872-1906 Warsaw, 1871-89 Cracow: Society of the Friends of the Fine Arts/Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych
Further Reading: Münchener Maler im 19. Jahrhundert, vol. 1, Munich 1982, p. 201; Halina Stępień/Maria Liczbińska: Artyści polscy w środowisku monachijskim w latach 1828-1914. Materiały źródłowe, Warsaw 1994, p. 9, 11, 33; Saur Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 23, Munich/Leipzig 1999, p. 278; Władysław Czachórski (1850-1911) w dziewięćdziesiątą rocznicę śmierci artysty. Katalog wystawy, Muzeum Lubelskie w Lublinie, Lublin 2001; Halina Ste̜pień: Artyści polscy w środowisku monachijskim w latach 1856-1914 (Studia z historii sztuki / Instytut Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk, 50), Warsaw 2003; Jednodniówka – Eintagszeitung. New edition, edited by Zbigniew Fałtynowicz / Eliza Ptaszyńska, Muzeum Okręgowe w Suwałkach, Suwałki 2008, simultaneously the catalogue of the exhibition “Signatur - anders geschrieben. Anwesenheit Polnische Künstler im Lichte von Archivalien“, Polnisches Kulturzentrum, Munich 2008
Online: Matriculation data base, Matriculation book 2, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, 02517 Wladyslaw Czachorski, http://matrikel.adbk.de/matrikel/mb_1841-1884/jahr_1869/matrikel-02517, 02873 Stanislaus Czachorski, http://matrikel.adbk.de/matrikel/mb_1841-1884/jahr_1873/matrikel-02873
Many works at Pinakoteka Zascianek, https://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Czachorski/Index.htm
Many works at The Athenaeum, http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=a&s=tu&aid=2197
Magdalena Wróblewska: Władysław Czachórski, "Dama w liliowej sukni (z kwiatami)" (2010), on: culture.pl (Polish), http://culture.pl/pl/dzielo/wladyslaw-czachorski-dama-w-liliowej-sukni-z-kwiatami
Axel Feuß, March 2017
