Stanislaw Wyspianski

Comprehensive information about Stanislaw Wyspianski including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Stanislaw Wyspianski (Polish pronunciation:  [sta'iswaf v'spjaski] ; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the Young Poland Movement. Wyspianski was one of the most outstanding and multifaceted artists of his time in Poland under the foreign partitions. He successfully joined the trends of modernism with themes of the Polish folk tradition and Romantic history. Unofficially, he came to be known as the Fourth Polish Bard (in addition to the earlier Three Bards : Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, and Zygmunt Krasinski ). This educational Stanislaw Wyspianski resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.