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1888 Krakow, Poland - 1948 New York City. Known for: Landscape, still life, illustrator.
Painter, illustrator, teacher. Born of noble birth in Krakow, Poland on April 10, 1888. Stan Foray was raised in an atmosphere of wealth and art. His father, Count Michael Poray, was an established... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, teacher. Born of noble birth in Krakow, Poland on April 10, 1888. Stan Foray was raised in an atmosphere of wealth and art. His father, Count Michael Poray, was an established landscape painter in his native city. The younger Foray studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, teacher. Born of noble birth in Krakow, Poland on April 10, 1888. Stan Foray was raised in an atmosphere of wealth and art. His father, Count Michael Poray, was an established landscape painter in his native city. The younger Foray studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and in Paris. He lived in Moscow and Siberia where he was art director of the First Art Theatre in Tomsk in 1918. Uprooted by the Russian Revolution, he decamped to the Orient where for three... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, teacher. Born of noble birth in Krakow, Poland on April 10, 1888. Stan Foray was raised in an atmosphere of wealth and art. His father, Count Michael Poray, was an established landscape painter in his native city. The younger Foray studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and in Paris. He lived in Moscow and Siberia where he was art director of the First Art Theatre in Tomsk in 1918. Uprooted by the Russian Revolution, he decamped to the Orient where for three years he painted the Imperial family and other notables. After settling in Los Angeles in 1921, he soon became active in the local art world. The interior of his home, which he both designed and built, was a miniature reproduction of a Japanese temple.... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, teacher. Born of noble birth in Krakow, Poland on April 10, 1888. Stan Foray was raised in an atmosphere of wealth and art. His father, Count Michael Poray, was an established landscape painter in his native city. The younger Foray studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and in Paris. He lived in Moscow and Siberia where he was art director of the First Art Theatre in Tomsk in 1918. Uprooted by the Russian Revolution, he decamped to the Orient where for three years he painted the Imperial family and other notables. After settling in Los Angeles in 1921, he soon became active in the local art world. The interior of his home, which he both designed and built, was a miniature reproduction of a Japanese temple. During his early years in California he painted landscapes, coastals, the missions, and nocturnes; however, later in life he specialized in still .... Read full biography
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Keywords (20)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Craftsperson, Handicrafts
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Oriental Influence
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
Exhibition of Museum
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York