Wacław Borowski

Waclaw Borowski
Born 1885 (1885)
Łódź
Died 1954 (1955) (aged 69)
Łódź
Occupation Polish artist

Wacław Borowski (born in 1885 in Łódź, died in 1954 in Łódź)[1] was a Polish painter and decorative artist.

He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Józef Mehoffer who was one of the leading artists of the Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time. He spent the years of 1909–1913[1] in Paris copying works of the old masters at the Louvre. He later traveled to Italy to study the Renaissance masters in the place of its origin. In 1920 Borowski was a volunteer fighter for the Polish forces in the Polish-Bolshevik War.[2] In 1926 he cofounded and was a vital part of Warsaw's artistic groups RYTM.[2]

Famous works

Polish 20 Polish złoty banknote, 1936 designed by Wacław Borowski

His best known paintings are:

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 "Wacław Borowski". artyzm.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  2. 1 2 "Wacław Borowski". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2013-12-01.


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