Stanislaw Straszkiewicz was born in 1870 in Warsaw. He became a landscape painter. In the years 1900-1903 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under the direction of Jan Stanislawski, and initially also in 1903 under Joseph Unierzyski and Józef Mehoffer. The artist's early work stood in a circle "Stanislavsky school". He later painted in the spirit and style of the late Joseph Chelmonski. His paintings were on show in Warsaw TZSP exhibitions and in showrooms in Krywult Rychlinga. He also exhibited with a group "faction" (years 1908-1910) and "Pro Arte".
