Stanislawa de Karlowska
Simplement magnifique et simple
Stanislawa De Karlowska 1876-1952 | Tate
▻https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/stanislawa-de-karlowska-1385
Stanislawa de Karlowska (fig.1), known to her family and friends as ‘Stasia’,1 was not a member of the Camden Town Group, a male-only exhibiting body, but was quickly elected in early 1914 to its successor, the London Group, which did not exclude women.2 Yet her work, which compares with that of her husband Robert Bevan, relates closely to what is thought of as Camden Town painting, using a modern post-impressionist style with bright colours to depict the local urban environment,3 the growing industrial landscape,4 and the countryside.5 Karlowska’s work was also inspired by her Polish heritage.6 The flat perspectives, intense colours, elongated figures and dream-like atmosphere of her paintings correspond somewhat with the stylised nature of Eastern European folk art, inviting comparison with other modern artists also drawing on folk-art traditions such as the Russian-born Marc Chagall (1887–1985)7 and the Polish Zofia Stryjenska (1891–1976).
▻https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/de-karlowska-swiss-cottage-n06239
▻https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/de-karlowska-fried-fish-shop-n06238
▻https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/de-karlowska-berkeley-square-n04816