Wojciech Weiss

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Wojciech Weiss
Melancholic, 1894, painting by Wojciech Weiss
Born	4 May 1875 Leorda, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
Died	7 December 1950 Kraków, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	Painter

Wojciech Weiss (4 May 1875 – 7 December 1950) was a prominent Polish painter and draughtsman of the Young Poland movement.

Obsession (1899-1900), National Museum in Warsaw.

Weiss was born in Bukovina to a Polish family in exile of Stanisław Weiss and Maria Kopaczyńska. He gave up music training to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Leon Wyczółkowski. Weiss originally painted historical or mythological paintings, but later switched to Expressionism after being profoundly influenced by Stanisław Przybyszewski. Weiss later became a member of the Vienna Secession. He was one of the first Polish Art Nouveau poster designers. Near the end of his life, he made several significant contributions to paintings of the Socialist realism in Poland.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 227497132 LCCN: n50022747 ISNI: 0000 0003 6500 7353 GND: 119540681

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Name	Weiss, Wojciech
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Short description	Polish painter
Date of birth	4 May 1875
Place of birth
Date of death	7 December 1950
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