On his return, Witkiewicz, a citizen of the Russian Empire, went to St Petersburg and was commissioned an officer in the Imperial army. Following a crisis in Witkiewicz’s personal life due to the suicide of his fiancée Jadwiga Janczewska, he was invited by Malinowski to act as draftsman and photographer on a 1914 expedition to Oceania, a venture that was interrupted by the onset of World War I. Witkiewicz was close friends with Karol Szymanowski and, from childhood, with Bronisław Malinowski and Zofia Romer. In accordance with his father’s antipathy to the "servitude of the school," the boy was home-schooled and encouraged to develop his talents across a range of creative fields. Witkiewicz was reared at the family home in Zakopane. His godmother was the internationally famous actress Helena Modrzejewska. Both of his parents were born in the Samogitian region of Lithuania. His mother was Maria Pietrzkiewicza Witkiewiczowa.
Lifeīorn in Warsaw, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was the son of painter, architect and art critic Stanisław Witkiewicz. PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ( 24 February 188518 September 1939), commonly known as "Witkacy", was a Polish poet, playwright, novelist, painter, photographer and philosopher. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Additionally, there must be verifiable information about previous publications of the work. Note: in addition to this statement, there must be a statement on this page explaining why the work was PD on the URAA date in its source country.
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