Wacław Zawadowski

Jan Wacław Zawadowski, pseudonym "Zawado", (1891–1982) was a Polish painter, author of landscapes (mainly of Provence), still life compositions, portraits, figural scenes. He was a brother of Witold Eugeniusz and pupil of Józef Pankiewicz. Co-founder of the Cercle des Artistes Polonais in Paris.

Zawadowski was influenced mainly by post-impressionism.

Biography

Zawadowski was born on April 14, 1891 in Skobełka near by Horochow, Volhynia. Until 1910 he stayed in France – in Paris, then in Aix-en-Provence. There he had exhibitions in Independent Salon and Salon Tuilleries. In 1925 Zawadowski became a member of Kraków art group Jednoróg. In the years of 1938–1939 he was a director of Paris Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.

He was died on November 15, 1982 in Orcel, France.

References

* cite web
title=Zawadowski Jan Wacław
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000635
accessdate=2007-11-27
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
* cite web
title=Zawada Andrzej
work=WIEM Encyklopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/71561,,,,zawadowski_waclaw,haslo.html
language=Polish
accessdate=2007-11-27

Persondata
NAME=Zawadowski, Jan Wacław
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=painter
DATE OF BIRTH=April 14, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH=Skobełka near by Horochow, Volhynia
DATE OF DEATH=November 15, 1982
PLACE OF DEATH=Orcel, France