Walery Rzewuski

Walery Rzewuski (born 14 April 1837 in Kraków, died 18 November 1888 Kraków) was an early Polish photographer, social activist and an alderman of his native city.

Walery Rzewuski photographed in his own studio 1880s

He is considered to be one of Poland's most important 19th-century photographers.[1] He was the author of many portraits of leading lights in the world of culture and science of his time. He also took pictures of the nobility, entrepreneurs and members of government.[2] The State Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków is named after him.[3]


References
  1. Wanda Mossakowska, Walery Rzewuski (1837-1888) fotograf. Studium warsztatu i twórczości, Wrocław 1981, p. 10.
  2. Ewa Manikowska. Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms: Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867–1945). Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4725-856-77 p.45.
  3. "Misja Muzeum Historii Fotografii im. Walerego Rzewuskiego". MHF w Krakowie. 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2012.


Rzewuski's mansion in Kraków c. 1885
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