Major of the cavalry of the Polish Army, museologist, painter, draftsman, expert in historical uniforms and armaments.
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Born on May 26, 1889 in Nietulisko.
Stanisław Gepner of his own coat of arms was an eminent expert on historical uniforms, armaments and historical horse-drawn carriages.
He was also a painter and draftsman. He studied painting during his education at the Warsaw gymnasium with Karol Ciszewski and during his stay in Vienna (he completed a one-year Abiturienten course at the Vienna Commercial Academy in 1913), where he attended the Kunstgewerbeschule.
From 1914 to 1917 in the Russian army, from 1918 to 1920 he served in the Polish cavalry. From 1919 a cavalry captain. From 1921 to 1929 in the 20th Uhlan Regiment. From 1932 to 1946 he was a curator and co-founder, together with Bronisław Gembarzewski, of the Army Museum in Warsaw.
During the occupation, he was active in the underground, under the pseudonym "Kostka", from 1944 with the rank of Major of the Home Army. In the years 1946-1948 he was the curator of the National Museum, a branch in Wilanów, from 1948 to 1950 the Director of the State Museum Center in Łańcut.
Parallel to his professional work, he was involved in painting - creating mainly drawings and watercolors as well as metalwork on equestrian themes and historical uniforms. He also reviewed E. Wedel's Album of the Polish Army (1934) and W. Dziewanowski's Outline of Armament History in Poland (1935).
He was a regular contributor to the Military Encyclopaedia, published since 1931. After World War II, about 100 scientific and popularizing articles on historical uniforms, weapons and horse-drawn vehicles were published. Posthumously and several decades after its development, Stanisław Gepner's largest work devoted to historical uniforms was published.
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Author: Aldona Cholewianka-Kruszyńska, Museum - Castle in Łańcut
Entry updated: 09.08.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX
Stanislaw Gepner died on November 26, 1965 in Warsaw. Buried at the Wilanów Cemetery.
Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
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“Wanda Augustin” [link] (2022) – Anna Sztyk
“Among Stanisław Gepner's horses” (2006) – Stanisław Ledóchowski
“Friends Stanisław Gepner and Andrzej Grzybowski” (2005) – Museum of Hunting and Riding
“Polish soldier. Clothing, weapons and equipment 1832-1939” (2014) – Stanisław Gepner
"Stanisław Gepner" (2020) - Aldona Cholewianka-Kruszyńska
"The banners of the Polish cavalry" (1938) - Stanisław Gepner
"Captain Stanisław Gepner" (1987) - Stanisław Ledóchowski
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