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Tadeusz “Tade” Styka

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Tadeusz “Tade” Styka

Birth
Poland
Death
11 Sep 1954 (aged 64–65)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Memorial Court of Honor, Great Mausoleum
Memorial ID
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Son of artist Jan Styka, painter of "The Crucifixion" on display at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

Tade Styka was born in Poland in 1889. Tade was drawing and painting as early as four years old and worked closely under the tutelage of his father, Jan Styka, a well accredited and acclaimed artist painter in France at that time. At that very early age he become a prodigy and harbinger of a genius. Starting at the age of eleven, Tade received first prizes at Paris' most prestigious art galleries with official distinctions of the French President. Later, he exhibited his paintings at the best galleries of France, Poland and the United States.
Especially noteworthy are the portraits honoring the greatest figures of the 20th century, such as Maurice Maeterlinck, Caruso, Chaliapin, Tito Ruffo, Sarah Delano Roosevelt, Professor Zielinski, Queen Marie-Jose, Ignacy Paderewski, and Pola Negri, just to mention a few. The portraits painted by Tade Styka are a part of many famous collections around the world. According to many well known and very knowledgeable art critics, such as Louis De Rochefort, Tade Styka was one of the best portrait painter artist who ever lived, because of the most brilliant techniques - bravura, like a display of the most fantastic fireworks ever seen on paintings and a unique ability to analyze, understand and project beautiful traits of inner character of the painted models. For his acclaimed work, Tade Styka won the Medal of the Legion of Honor, the highest award of the French Government.
On September 11, 1954, in New York City, Tade Styka passed away while he was still at the height of his artistic and creative powers. He is buried alongside his father, Jan Styka, at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California in the Immortals' Quarter.
Son of artist Jan Styka, painter of "The Crucifixion" on display at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

Tade Styka was born in Poland in 1889. Tade was drawing and painting as early as four years old and worked closely under the tutelage of his father, Jan Styka, a well accredited and acclaimed artist painter in France at that time. At that very early age he become a prodigy and harbinger of a genius. Starting at the age of eleven, Tade received first prizes at Paris' most prestigious art galleries with official distinctions of the French President. Later, he exhibited his paintings at the best galleries of France, Poland and the United States.
Especially noteworthy are the portraits honoring the greatest figures of the 20th century, such as Maurice Maeterlinck, Caruso, Chaliapin, Tito Ruffo, Sarah Delano Roosevelt, Professor Zielinski, Queen Marie-Jose, Ignacy Paderewski, and Pola Negri, just to mention a few. The portraits painted by Tade Styka are a part of many famous collections around the world. According to many well known and very knowledgeable art critics, such as Louis De Rochefort, Tade Styka was one of the best portrait painter artist who ever lived, because of the most brilliant techniques - bravura, like a display of the most fantastic fireworks ever seen on paintings and a unique ability to analyze, understand and project beautiful traits of inner character of the painted models. For his acclaimed work, Tade Styka won the Medal of the Legion of Honor, the highest award of the French Government.
On September 11, 1954, in New York City, Tade Styka passed away while he was still at the height of his artistic and creative powers. He is buried alongside his father, Jan Styka, at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California in the Immortals' Quarter.


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  • Created by: Debra Mobley
  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71853874/tadeusz-styka: accessed ), memorial page for Tadeusz “Tade” Styka (1889–11 Sep 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71853874, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Debra Mobley (contributor 47033461).