Olga Boznańska, portrait of Józef Czajkowski, 1894, oil on cardboard, National Museum in Kraków
License: public domain, Source: Wikimedia Commons, License terms and conditions

Submit additional information

ID: OS-010238-P/190711

Józef Czajkowski

ID: OS-010238-P/190711

Józef Czajkowski

First name:

Józef

Last Name:

Czajkowski

Parents:

Wojciech i Adela z domu Ziembińska

Date of birth:

21-01-1872

Place of birth:

Warszawa

Date of death:

27-07-1947

Place od death:

Warszawa

Age:

Profession:

architect, painter, graphic designer, pedagogue

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1928), Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1938)

Biography:

Józef Czajkowski (1872-1947), born in Warsaw, son of Wojciech and Adela (née Ziembińska), painter, architect, graphic artist and pedagogue. He studied in Munich, Paris, Vienna and Krakow. He taught, among others, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he served as director. He was a co-founder of several artistic associations, including the 'Polish Applied Art Society' and the 'ŁAD Artists' Cooperative'. He created landscapes, portraits and genre scenes, designed furniture, stained glass, posters and kilims. He is buried in Warsaw's Powązki cemetery.

Publication:

27.05.2025

Last updated:

16.06.2025

see more Text translated automatically

Related objects

Show on page:

8 24 72

POLONICA INFORMATION CARD

Polonica in public collections in the UK

Aberdeen | United Kingdom

Katalog poloników Show

Katalog poloników

Józef Czajkowski

Józef Czajkowski

First name:

Last Name:

Parents:

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Date of death:

Place od death:

Age:

Profession:

Honours and awards:

Biography:

Publication:

Last updated:

Share

Related objects

Related projects