Władysław Marcinkowski, photo R. S. Ulatowski, 1929
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Władysław Marcinkowski

ID: OS-003908-P/134771

Władysław Marcinkowski

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First name:

Władysław

Last Name:

Marcinkowski

Date of birth:

16-06-1858

Place of birth:

Mieszków, pow. jarociński

Date of death:

10-12-1947

Place od death:

Poznań

Age:

Profession:

sculptor

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1923), Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (1936)

Biography:

Władysław Marcinkowski (1858-1947), born in Mieszko, sculptor. He studied in Poznań at the Evening School of Drawing and Modelling under Marian Jaroczyński. He then travelled abroad, visiting Berlin and Paris, where his teacher was Cyprian Godebski. In 1890 he settled in Berlin, and from 1905 he settled in Sowiniec. He was a member of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Poznań and actively participated in artistic life, taking part in competitions. From 1926 to 1939 he was director of the Wielkopolska Military Museum in Poznań.