Wilhelm August Stryowski

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Wilhelm August Stryowski (1834-1917) was a Polish-German painter. Born in Gdańsk (Danzig), he finished the Gdańsk Fine Art School (Danziger Kunstschule). Studied under Karol Schulz, the school founder and director, and with a stipend studied later in Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. From 1870-1873 concerted City (now, National) Museum. From 1800 he was a monument's curator, and from 1887 a secretary of Association of Friends of Art. From 1873 he lectured in the School of Arts and Artistic Crafts. In 1912, partially paralyzed, he lost command of one of his hands. He died in Essen in 1917 and was subsequently buried in Gdańsk accroding to his last will.

His most famous works show Gdańsk society - Jews, Romas, workers, citizens. One of the streets in modern Gdańsk is named after him.

[edit] References

• (Polish) Short bio in Gazeta Wyborcza, 2003

[edit] External links

• Strykowski on artnet
• Strykowski's paintings in National Museum, Poland: [1], [2]