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Józef Czapski

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Józef Czapski

First name:

Józef

Last Name:

Czapski

Nazwisko panieńskie lub używane formy poboczne:

hr. Hutten-Czapski

Pseudonym:

„Marek Sienny”, „J. Cz.”, „jcz”

Drugie imię:

Maria Franciszek

Parents:

hr. Jerzy Hutten-Czapski i Józefa Leopoldyna z hr. Thun-Hohenstein

Crest:

Leliwa

Date of birth:

03-04-1896

Place of birth:

Praga (Czechy)

Date of death:

12-01-1993

Place od death:

Maisons-Laffitte

Age:

Profession:

writer, painter, military

Grade:

mjr

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Virtuti Militari, Krzyż Komandorski z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1990), Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1990), Krzyż Walecznych (po raz 1 i 2 w 1922), Medal Wojska, Krzyż Pamiątkowy Monte Cassino (1947)

Biography:

Józef Czapski (1896-1993), born in Prague, son of Count Jerzy Hutten-Czapski and Józefa Leopoldina, née Count Thun-Hohenstein. He studied law in St Petersburg. He fought in the Polish-Soviet War. Between 1921 and 1924, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. His teacher was, among others, Józef Pankiewicz. From 1924 to 1931 he lived in Paris, where he stayed with other Capists. In 1939, he was mobilised. He was imprisoned in the POW camps of the USSR. Released in 1942. He took part in the Italian campaign. He was a delegate of the Polish Government in Exile to the international commission investigating the Katyn massacre. From 1946, he lived in Paris. He was one of the founders of the Literary Institute. He was a co-founder of the Kultura monthly magazine. His paintings were exhibited in France, Switzerland, Great Britain, Brazil and Belgium, among others. In 1957 and 1986 also in Poland. In communist Poland, his journalistic work was subject to total censorship. He was the author of books on art history ("Józef Pankiewicz. Życie i dzieło. Statements on Art", "On Cézanne and Painterly Consciousness"), memoirs, diaries. He was awarded numerous prizes in both the visual arts and literature.

Publikacja:

29.09.2023

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