Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr.

Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr.

Zdzisław Żygulski (born 18 August 1921 in Borysław), sometimes referred as junior, is a Polish art historian, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Anglicist. Expert of armament, museology, history of Middle East art and costumology. Author of exhibitions and about 200 papers.

Żygulski was studying at Jagiellonian University. Since 1949 he is a curator of the Arm and Armour Section at Czartoryski Museum. During the period of 1975–1981 he was a president of International Association of Museums of Art and Military History. Żygulski was also a lecturer of history and art theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and at American universities in New York and Storrs.

He is a son of Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr.

Notable books

* "Broń w dawnej Polsce..."
* "Muzeum Czartoryskich. Historia i zbiory"
* "Skarby znad Morza Czarnego"
* "Sztuka perska"
* "Sztuka turecka"

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NAME=Żygulski, Zdzisław
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Żygulski, Zdzisław, junior
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Polish art historian
DATE OF BIRTH=August 18, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH=Borysław, Poland
DATE OF DEATH=
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