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Bolesław Czedekowski

ID: OS-010183-P/190591

Bolesław Czedekowski

First name:

Bolesław

Last Name:

Czedekowski

Middle name:

Jan

Date of birth:

22-02-1885

Place of birth:

Wojniłów, pow. kałuski

Date of death:

08-07-1969

Place od death:

Wiedeń

Age:

Profession:

painter

Honours and awards:

Order Narodowy Legii Honorowej (1934), Order Odrodzenia Polski (1965)

Biography:

Bolesław Jan Czedekowski (1885-1969), born in Wojniłów, painter. He studied painting in Vienna, where he was considered one of the best students of the Academy of Fine Arts. After the First World War he settled in France and then in Austria.

In the interwar period, he gained international recognition as a portraitist of the elite - he painted, among others, President Ignacy Mościcki. After the Second World War he stayed in the USA, later returning to Vienna, where he died. His works were inspired by classical European painting. The largest collection of his works in Poland is held by the Łańcut Castle.

Publication:

27.05.2025

Last updated:

31.05.2025

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