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1921 Poland - 1996 London. Known for: Painting,sculpture.
Stefan Knapp was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public... Read full biography
Stefan Knapp was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public architectural structures. After the outbreak of World War II, Soviet Union occupied Lwow, murdered Knapp's... Read full biography
Stefan Knapp was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public architectural structures. After the outbreak of World War II, Soviet Union occupied Lwow, murdered Knapp's father and sent Stefan to a gulag in Siberia. He was released in 1942 after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement was signed between Poland and Soviet Union. He joined the Anders Army and volunteered for the... Read full biography
Stefan Knapp was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public architectural structures. After the outbreak of World War II, Soviet Union occupied Lwow, murdered Knapp's father and sent Stefan to a gulag in Siberia. He was released in 1942 after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement was signed between Poland and Soviet Union. He joined the Anders Army and volunteered for the air force, hence he was shipped to Great Britain. He served as an officer and Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force. At the end of the war, he remained in London and took advantage of a veteran's stipend to further his studies at the Royal Academy and... Read full biography
Stefan Knapp was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public architectural structures. After the outbreak of World War II, Soviet Union occupied Lwow, murdered Knapp's father and sent Stefan to a gulag in Siberia. He was released in 1942 after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement was signed between Poland and Soviet Union. He joined the Anders Army and volunteered for the air force, hence he was shipped to Great Britain. He served as an officer and Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force. At the end of the war, he remained in London and took advantage of a veteran's stipend to further his studies at the Royal Academy and at Slade School of Fine Art. Knapp was known for producing murals of unprecedented size with materi... Read full biography
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Stefan Knapp was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public architectural structures.
After the outbreak of World War II, Soviet Union occupied Lwow, murdered Knapp's father and sent Stefan to a gulag in Siberia. He was released in 1942 after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement was signed between Poland and Soviet Union. He joined the Anders Army and volunteered for the air force, hence he was shipped to Great Britain. He served as an officer and Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force.
At the end of the war, he remained in London and took advantage of a veteran's stipend to ...But wait, there's more...
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