Wladyslaw Slewinsky - Artist Info

About Wladyslaw Slewinsky

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Wladyslaw Slewinski
  • Biography

    Wladyslaw (Ladislas) Slewinski was born in Poland in 1854. Coming from a Polish aristocratic family, Wladyslaw Slewinski left Poland in 1888 to settle in Paris, where he enrolled at the Académie Julian in the workshop of Marcel Baschet, then at the Académie Colarossi. He met Paul Gauguin in 1889 and a friendship was created between the two men. In 1890, he followed him to Brittany, to Le Pouldu, and stayed at the Auberge de Marie Henry. He adheres to synthetic forms and his patterns are mainly the Breton rocky coast. Then renting the villa St Joseph in Pouldu, he also made friends with the Irishman O'Conor and Chamaillard.

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