Jan Waclaw Zawadowski - Artist Info

About Jan Waclaw Zawadowski

Name variants

ZAWADO, Jean Waclaw Zawadowski, Waclaw Zawadowski
  • Biography

    Jan Waclaw Zawadowski, pseudonym Zawado, (1891–1982) was a Polish painter, painter of landscapes (mainly of Provence), still life compositions, portraits, figural scenes. He was a brother of Witold Eugeniusz and pupil of Józef Pankiewicz. Co-founder of the Cercle des Artistes Polonais in Paris.

    Zawadowski was influenced mainly by post-impressionism*.

    Jan-Waclaw Zawadowksi, also known as ZAWADO, was born on 14 April 1891 in Volhynie (Russian Poland), he is very close of the post-impressionism style.

    When he was 13, the young Waclaw Zawadowski discovered French paintings. In 1910 he began to study at the Fine Art School of Cracovie in professor Józef Pankiewicz's studio. In 1912 Józef encouraged Zawadowski to go to Paris....

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