Jan Juliusz Ostrowski
Art historian (born 1947)
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Jan Juliusz Ostrowski (born 12 June 1947) is an art historian, from 1989 to 2020 director of the Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection, from 2018 president of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][2]
Jan Ostrowski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 June 1947 |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Biography
In 1970 he graduated from the Jagiellonian University.[1][3] He worked at the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University.[1] He became a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences,[1] the Central Commission for Degrees and Titles,[1] the Committee on Art Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences,[1][2] and the deputy chairman of the Social Committee for the Restoration of Kraków Monuments (SKOZK).[1][2] In the years 1998–2002, on behalf of the Freedom Union, he held the mandate of a councilor of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sejmik of the first term.[1]
He supervised eight doctoral dissertations;[3] Piotr Krasny[4] and Andrzej Betlej[5] were among his doctoral students. A book dedicated to him was released in 2017.[6]
Works
- Anton van Dyck. Warszawa. 1980.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Van Dyck et la peinture génoise du XVII e siècle. Kraków. 1981.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Piotr Michałowski. Warszawa. 1985.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Pięć studiów o Piotrze Michałowskim. Kraków. 1988. ISBN 83-08-1-2763-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Die polnische Malerei vom Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts bis zum Beginn der Moderne. Munich. 1989. ISBN 978-3-422-06035-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Mistrzowie malarstwa polskiego. Kraków. 1996. ISBN 978-83-86328-61-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Lwów. Dzieje i sztuka. Kraków. 1997. ISBN 978-83-7052-704-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Podhorce. Dzieje wnętrz pałacowych i galerii obrazów. Kraków. 2001. ISBN 83-908-491-5-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Co-authored with Jerzy Petrus. - Barok – romantyzm – kresy. Warszawa-Bellerive-sur-Allier. 2017. ISBN 978-83-286-0015-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Pomiędzy powstaniem a emigracją. Podgórski szkicownik Piotra Michałowskiego z r. 1832. Kraków. 2019. ISBN 978-83-08-06860-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Co-authored with Elżbieta Wichrowska. - Portret w dawnej Polsce. Warszawa. 2019. ISBN 978-83-66104-19-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Mit Kenii, czyli swawola Białych. Kraków-Odonów. 2020. ISBN 978-83-7730-427-3.
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Accolades
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1994)[7]
- Kraków Book of the Month Award for the book Mistrzowie malarstwa polskiego (December 1996)[8]
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2000)[9]
- Professor Aleksander Gieysztor Award (2008)[1]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2010)[10]
- City of Kraków Award (2010)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honour (2011)[1]
- Bene Merito honorary distinction (2012)[1]
- Officer of the Order of Saint Charles[2]
