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Józef Czapski

ID: OS-011125-P/194431

Józef Czapski

First name:

Józef

Last Name:

Czapski

Maiden name or alternative names:

Hutten-Czapski

Pseudonym:

„Marek Sienny”, „J. Cz.”, „jcz”

Middle name:

Maria Franciszek

Parents:

Jerzy Hutten-Czapski i Józefa Leopoldyna z domu Thun-Hohenstein

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, artist

Grade:

major

Honours and awards:

Order Virtuti Militari

Biography:

Józef Czapski (1896-1993) - Polish painter, illustrator, writer; active in the Russian Empire, Poland and France. He studied law in St. Petersburg and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Krakow. During his studies in Kraków, he co-founded the Kapist group. With its representatives, he stayed in Paris from 1924 to 1931. In France, he established a romantic relationship with the poet Sergei Nabokov. Upon his return to Poland, he entered into cooperation with "Głos Plastyków" and "Wiadomosci Literackie". From 1946, he stayed in France, where he worked for the Literary Institute. He lived in two consecutive locations of the institution - in Maisons-Laffitte and in Le Mesnil-le-Roi.

Publication:

28.10.2025

Last updated:

29.10.2025

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