Konrad Krzyżanowski - Portrait of Kazimierz Stabrowski - MP 44 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw

Konrad Krzyżanowski (1872–1922) was a Polish painter of powerful expressionist landscapes and vivid portraits. Born in Kremenchuk in Ukraine, he died in Warsaw. His art studies began in Kiev and were continued in St. Petersburg and Munich. In Warsaw he was a professor at the School of Fine Arts. He took his students for summer open–air sessions around Poland and to Lithuania and Finland. His seascapes were painted mostly in Finland.

Kazimierz Stabrowski (1869–1929) was a Polish painter, and director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He also founded the first lodges of the Theosophical Society in Poland. Kazimierz Stabrowski came from a Polish landed gentry (ziemiaństwo) family. His father Antoni was a military in the Russian Army and his mother Sofia Pileckis came from a rich Polish family.