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Wacław Wąsowicz

Polish painter and printmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wacław Wąsowicz (25 August 1891 – 6 October 1942) was a Polish painter and printmaker.[1]

Born(1891-08-25)25 August 1891
Warsaw, Poland
Died6 October 1942(1942-10-06) (aged 51)
Warsaw, Poland
EducationSchool of Fine Arts in Warsaw
KnownforPainting
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Wacław Wąsowicz
Self-portrait of Wacław Wąsowicz (1937)
Born(1891-08-25)25 August 1891
Warsaw, Poland
Died6 October 1942(1942-10-06) (aged 51)
Warsaw, Poland
EducationSchool of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Known forPainting
MovementFauvism
SpouseJanina Raabe-Wąsowiczowa
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Wacław Wasowicz studied art with Wojciech Gerson (1909–1910), afterwards he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1911–1914), where he was taught by Ignacy Pieńkowski.[2] He had also studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he was a student of Jacek Malczewski (1914). He had made his artwork using trompe-l'œil, printmaking, watercolour, he painted on fabric, and on ceramic.[3]

His wife Janina Raabe-Wąsowiczowa was a social worker, and a member of the Konrad Żegota Committee.[4][5]

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