Leon Chwistek, portrait of Titus Czyżewski, 1920.
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Tytus Czyżewski

ID: OS-011206-P/194602

Tytus Czyżewski

First name:

Tytus

Last Name:

Czyżewski

Date of birth:

28-12-1880

Place of birth:

Przyszowa

Date of death:

05-05-1945

Place od death:

Kraków

Age:

64

Profession:

poet, painter, critic

Biography:

Tytus Czyżewski (1880-1945), born in Przyszowa, painter, poet and art critic. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, later improving his skills in Paris. Co-founder of the Formists group and editor of the magazine "Formiści". He co-organised the Futurist milieu. Between 1922 and 1925, he worked at the Polish embassy in Paris. During the war he stayed in Warsaw, after the uprising he lived in Krakow. He created works inspired by the folklore of Podhale.

Publication:

31.05.2023

Last updated:

01.11.2025
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Expressionist painting of a man in a suit with a distorted face, wearing a blue hat. The background contains abstract shapes in red and blue tones.
Leon Chwistek, portrait of Titus Czyżewski, 1920.

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