Józef Charyton

Józef Charyton (November 8, 1909-January 8, Krupice, 1975, Bialystok) was a Polish artist.^[1][2]

In 1938 he was the only artist to prepare the crypt for the reburial of the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski after his remnants were transferred from Leningrad, Soviet Union.^[3] After that he became facsinated in the history of life and death and posthumous turmoils of king Stanisław August. It was described in the essay of Marian Brandys, The Guardian of the King's Tomb (1984), based on the long correspondence of Brandys with Charyton.^[4]

During World War II he witnessed extermination of Jews and Gypsies. These memories became the base of a large collection of portraits and everyday life of the perished.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Śladami malarza dusz", Kurier Poranny
2. ^ "OBRAZY PAMIĘCI - JÓZEF CHARYTON"
3. ^ "Biografia Józefa Charytona"
4. ^ Marian Brandys, The Guardian of the King's Tomb, 1984, Iskry, Warszaw, ISBN 8320705991, reprinted in "Moje przygody z historią", 2003, ISBN 83-88736-41-8

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Name	Charyton, Jozef
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Date of birth	November 8, 1909
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Date of death	1975
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