Wacław Wąsowicz

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

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
NationalityPolish
EducationSchool of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Known forPainting
MovementFauvism
SpouseJanina Raabe-Wąsowiczowa

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]

  • Portrait of Lady with Tulips (1921)
    Portrait of Lady with Tulips
    (1921)
  • Portrait of Wife (1928)
    Portrait of Wife
    (1928)

References
  1. "Biography". Culture. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. "Wacław Wąsowicz". Art Price. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. "List Of Paintings". Information Poland Buffalo. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. "Wacław Wąsowicz (Warszawa 1891 – Wilanów k. Warszawy 1942)". Artyzm. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  5. "Teresa Preker, Konspiracyjna Rada Pomocy Żydom w Warszawie 1942–1945 [Underground Relief Council for Jews in Warsaw 1942–1945]". Polish Jewish Heritage. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

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