Wojciech Weiss
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.
Wojciech Weiss | |
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 Melancholic, 1894, painting by Wojciech Weiss | |
| Born | 4 May 1875 |
| Died | 7 December 1950 Kraków, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | Painter |
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.
External links
- Short biography at Wojciech Weiss Foundation Museum
- Numerous Wojciech Weiss paintings
- Wojciech Weiss links
- Extensive Essay and selection of paintings from Weiss
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