Jan Wacław Zawadowski, self-portrait, before 1925.
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Jan Zawadowski

ID: OS-011178-P/194535

Jan Zawadowski

First name:

Jan

Last Name:

Zawadowski

Pseudonym:

„Zawado”

Middle name:

Wacław

Date of birth:

14-04-1891

Place of birth:

Skobełka

Date of death:

15-11-1982

Place od death:

Aix-en-Provence

Age:

Profession:

painter, artist

Biography:

Jan Wacław Zawadowski (1891-1982), born in Skobełka, painter. He studied under Józef Pankiewicz. From 1912, he lived in Paris, where he worked in the circle of Apollinaire, Léger, Chagall and other avant-garde artists. During the First World War he was in Spain, and after the war he was again active in Paris before settling near Aix-en-Provence. In 1938 he took over the management of the Paris branch of the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts after Pankiewicz. He exhibited in European galleries and at Parisian salons. In his painting he was inspired by Cézanne, Bonnard and 17th century Dutch painting.

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29.10.2025

Last updated:

01.11.2025

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Black and white reproduction of a painting of a man with a moustache wearing a hat, holding a paintbrush. The background is abstract with blurred shapes.

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