Cecylia Vetulani

Cecylia Vetulani
Born April 11, 1908
Kraków
Died January 2, 1980 (aged 71)
Citizenship Polish
Alma mater Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Occupation art historian
conservator-restorer

Cecylia Vetulani (11 April 1908 – 2 January 1980)[1][2] was a Polish art historian and conservator-restorer. She did research mainly in the field of Warmia and Masuria folk art.

Biography

She graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1932. In 1935 she obtained licensing for teaching in high schools and started to work as a teacher. During World War II she lived in Warsaw with her sister Maria and nephew Witold. She took part in the Warsaw Uprising. In the spring of 1945 she moved to Olsztyn, where she decided to live and work. She was a conservator at the Museum of Warmia and Mazury; she secured and catalogued various antiques and did restoration works. Since 1956 she also worked at the antique shop in Olsztyn.[1]

She published articles about folk art and region history in such periodicals as: „Słowie na Warmii”, „Warmia i Mazury”, „Przegląd Zachodni” and „Polska Sztuka Ludowa”.[1] She retired in 1959 as a disabled person. In 1972 she published her memoir titled Pionierzy i zabytki (Pioneers and Monuments).[3] For her deserts in cultural heritage protection in the region she was awarded with a Gold Medal „For Antiques' Guardians”.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cecylia Vetulani" (in Polish). Leksykon kultury Warmii i Mazur. 26 June 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Deaths: Names with W" (in Polish). nekrologi-baza.pl. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Cecylia Vetulani (1972). Pionierzy i zabytki. Olsztyn: Pojezierze.

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