Witold Wojtkiewicz

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Witold Wojtkiewicz. Self Portrait

Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879, Warsaw - 1909, Warsaw) was a Polish neoromantic painter. He started his education at the Warsaw School of Drawing in 1898 and continued at the Academy in Kraków. His original and inventive work anticipated Polish Expressionism. Wojtkiewicz often employed grotesque motifs and irony in his work. He was influenced by the modernist paintings of Stanisław Wyspiański and Jacek Malczewski. In his art, he reflected the ideas of Romantic poets such as Cyprian Norwid and authors such as Stanisław Przybyszewski and Edward Abramowski, the originators of Polish Expressionist manifestos. He also worked as an illustrator and postcard designer. One of his most famous works was a watercolour entitled "Spring is Approaching." Witold Wojtkiewicz was a regular contributor to the legendary Zielony Balonik art-and-literary cabaret.^[1]

External links

↑ The Little Green Balloon (Zielony Balonik). Akademia Pełni Życia, Kraków. (English) (Polish)

Witold Wojtkiewicz, sample caricature from Teka Melpomeny (lithograph). ArtNet past auction results
Wojtkiewicz Paintings Galeria Malarstwa Polskiego

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 835928 LCCN: n98035048 ISNI: 0000 0001 0947 4614 GND: 12014140X SUDOC: 078742757

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Name	Wojtkiewicz, Witold
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Short description	Polish painter
Date of birth	1879
Place of birth
Date of death	1909
Place of death

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