Stanisław Grabowski (opening of art exhibition in Paris) [Poles in Liepājā]

Stanisław Grabowski (1901–1957), was a painter, graphic artist and ceramicist. He was born in Liepājā, where his father Witold Grabowski was a customs officer, social activist and city councillor. The family tradition preserved the memory of Stanisław’s great-grandmother, opera singer Konstancja Gładkowska, and her friendship with Frédéric Chopin.
Stanisław Grabowski attended the School of Commerce in Liepājā, where his first drawing teacher was Kajetan Szklerys. In 1914 Grabowski’s family moved to Rybinsk on the Volga River, where he got drawing lessons from Mikhail Shche- glov. In 1918 he moved to Warsaw and studied painting at the School of Fine Arts. In 1926 he went to Paris, where he was taught by Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant at Académie Moderne.
Stanisław Grabowski’s main artistic interest was landscape, but he also painted still lifes and inte- rior scenes. He exhibited his works in Paris gal- leries, and had exhibitions in London and New York. Grabowski’s works can be found, among others, in the National Museum in Warsaw and the Museum of Art in Łódź.