Wacław Borowski

{{short description|Polish artist}}

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| name = Waclaw Borowski

| image = Leopold Gottlieb - Portrait of Wacław Borowski - MPW 795 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw.jpg

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| occupation = Polish artist

| birth_date = August 6, 1885

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| birth_place = Łódź

| death_place = Łódź

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Wacław Borowski (August 6, 1885 – April 9, 1954){{cite web|url=http://artyzm.com/artysta.php?id=232 |title=Wacław Borowski |publisher=artyzm.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01}} was a Polish painter and decorative artist. He was born and died in Łódź.

He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Józef Mehoffer who was one of the leading artists of the Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time. He spent the years of 1909–1913 in Paris copying works of the old masters at the Louvre. He later traveled to Italy to study the Renaissance masters in the place of its origin. In 1920 Borowski was a volunteer fighter for the Polish forces in the Polish-Bolshevik War.{{cite web|url=http://culture.pl/en/artist/waclaw-borowski |title=Wacław Borowski |publisher=Culture.pl |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01}} In 1926 he cofounded and was a vital part of Warsaw's artistic groups RYTM. He also competed in the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921170 |title=Wacław Borowski |work=Olympedia |accessdate=2 August 2020}}

Famous works

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File:50 złotych 1936 Jan Henryk Dąbrowski rewers.jpg

His best known paintings are:

  • Diana (1929)
  • Martwa natura z draperią (1930)
  • Łuczniczka (1931)
  • W pracowni (1932)
  • W lesie (1932)
  • Młodość (1932)
  • Rybak (1938)

See also

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