Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (painter)

Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (Lithuanian: Stanislovas Bauža-Sestšencevičius; 11 November 1869 – 24 May 1927) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter and illustrator.

In 1888, he began his artistic studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Bogdan Willewalde.

[2] He specialized in genre scenes and landscapes from the villages and rural areas around Vilnius and held frequent exhibitions at the "Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych" (Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts) and the salon of the noted art collector Aleksander Krywult [pl], both in Warsaw, where he lived for several years after 1900.

In 1906, he created an allegory on the advancement of knowledge for the ceiling of the staircase in Warsaw's "House of Technology".

[1] In addition to his art, he was a co-organizer and director of "Achów" (outrage); cabaret pieces that were presented during the annual Shrovetide carnival in Vilnius from 1904 to 1914.