Biografie von Stanislaus Pociecha PORAY (1888-1948)

Birth place: Krakow, Poland

Death place: NYC

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Painter, designer, craftsperson, illustrator, lecturer, teacher

Studied: Acad. FA, Poland; Paris

Exhibited: Stendahl Gal., Los Angeles, 1929 (solo); Springville, Utah 1929 (prize); LACMA, 1938 (prize); GGE, 1939; Detroit Inst. A., 1945; SFMA; San Diego FA Soc.; Dallas Mus FA; Salt Lake City AA; Calif. AC; Los Angeles P & S. Cl.; Los Angeles AA.

Member: San Diego AS; Société des Artistes Polonais en France; Los Angeles AA; Calif. AC.

Work: LACMA; Good Samaritan Hospital, Bd. Educ., both in Los Angeles; Gardena (CA) H.S.; Radcliffe Col.; Polish Nat. All. Mus., Chicago; Polish Embassy, Wash., DC; IBM Coll.; Detroit Inst. Art; FMA; Imperial Red Cross, Tokyo

Comments: Of noble birth, he was art director of a theatre in Tomsk, Russia, when he was forced out by the Russian Revolution and came to Los Angeles via China. Specialty: still lifes.

Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists in California, 444.