Wojciech Jastrzębowski, alias "Wojtek" (1884-1963) - Polish artist involved in applied art and printmaking (including Art Nouveau style). Between 1935 and 1938, he was a senator of the Republic of Poland of the fourth term. After graduating from J. Pankiewicz's Realschule in Warsaw in 1904, he continued his education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he gained experience under the tutelage of eminent artists such as Józef Mehoffer, Stanisław Wyspiański and Jan Stanisławski. In 1909, Jastrzębowski received a scholarship and went to Paris to study for two years. On his return to Poland in 1911, he was one of the founders of the association "Architecture, Sculpture, Painting and Crafts", which in 1913 changed its name to "Warsztaty Krakowskie". This workshop dealt with the design and creation of industrial design, inspired by the activities of the Wiener Werkstätte. Jastrzębowski also acted as artistic director and lecturer at the Courses for Craftsmen held at the Technical and Industrial Museum in Krakow. At the same time, he ran the Applied Art Course at the Cracow School of Fine Arts for Women, founded by Maria Niedzielska. Between 1912 and 1914, Jastrzębowski was a member of the Riflemen's Association, and during World War I he served in the Warsaw battalion of the Polish Legions. He then moved to the Polish Military Organisation, where he took part in the defence of Lwów. After leaving the army in December 1921, he settled in Warsaw and took up the post of artistic director of the Representative Buildings. In 1922, he won a competition for the design of circulation coins. At the same time, he became a member of the editorial committee of the magazine "Grafika Polska" and began teaching at the School of Fine Arts. He also initiated the establishment of a carpentry workshop there, which formed the nucleus of the Society of Polish Applied Art. In 1928, he became director of the Art Department at the Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment, a post he held until 1930. In the 1930s, Jastrzębowski played a significant role in designing the decoration of two transatlantic liners commissioned by the Polish government, where he headed a special Artistic Sub-Commission. It was also during this period that he became Vice-Chancellor of the Academy of Fine Arts, and from 1936 he was Rector of the Academy until the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1939 he found himself in London, where he organised exhibitions of Polish art and also acted as an appraiser. After the war, he returned to Poland in 1947 and began working with the Bureau for the Supervision of Production Aesthetics, which later became the Institute of Industrial Design. In the same year he became a full professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He also held various positions on the Academic Boards, both at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Institute of Industrial Design. He was also given the honour of designing the obverse of a circulating 5 zloty coin.