The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu) is a public institution of higher learning established in 1946 originally as the College of Fine Arts. From 2008 the

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bears the name of Polish master-painter Eugeniusz Geppert.

History

In January 1946, on the recommendation of Poland's Minister of Culture and Arts, Eugeniusz Geppert was entrusted with the task of establishing the Higher School of Fine Arts in the city of Wrocław which had been ravaged by war. Two buildings were chosen to house the school: the pre-war Municipal School of Crafts and Art Crafts (now located at ul. Traugutta) and former State Academy of Arts and Crafts. Staff of the newly formed institutions was composed of painters such as Leon Dołżycki, Emil Krcha, Stanisław Pękalski, Maria Dawska; painter, graphic artist and designer Stanisław Dawski, glass designer Halina Jastrzębowska, interior and furniture designers Władysław Wincze and Marian Sigmund, as well as ceramists Julia Kotarbińska and Rudolf Krzywiec. The following years brought the faculty and school graduates many successes at national and international exhibitions and art competitions. In 1957 emerged the already-historical ''Theatre of the Senses'' (Teatr Sensybilistyczny) combining happening action of experimental theater with the

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Since its inception the school bore the following names: College of Fine Arts (1946–1949), State College of Fine Arts (1949–1996), Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (1996–2008) and since 2008, the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts.

Faculties

* Faculty of Painting and Sculpture ** Department of Painting ** Department of Sculpture ** Department of Art Education * Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media ** Department of Graphic Arts ** Department of Media Arts * Faculty of Interior Architecture and Design ** Department of Interior Design ** Department of Design * Faculty of Ceramics and Glass ** Department of Design

List of rectors

* Eugeniusz Geppert: 1946–1950 * Mieczysław Pawełko: 1950–1952 * Stanisław Dawski: 1952–1965 * Stanisław Pękalski: 1965–1967 * Tadeusz Forowicz: 1967–1980 * Jan Jaromir Aleksiun: 1980–1982 * Rufin Kominek: 1982–1984 * Michał Jędrzejewski: 1984–1990 * Andrzej Klimczak-Dobrzański: 1990–1993 * Konrad Jarocki: 1993–1999 * Zbigniew Horbowy: 1999–2005 * Jacek Szewczyk: 2005–2012 * Piotr Kielan: 2012–2020 * Wojciech Pukocz: 2020–present

Notable alumni

* Maciej Cieśla (born 1988), contemporary painter *

Zbigniew Horbowy Zbigniew Horbowy (28 October 1935 in Łanczyn – 17 June 2019 in Polanica-Zdrój) was a Polish artist working in industrial design, both artistic and applied glassmaking, professor at the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass and rector of the Wrocł ...

(1935–2019), glass artist *

Natalia LL Natalia Lach-Lachowicz (18 April 1937 – 12 August 2022) was a Polish artist who worked with paint, photography, drawing, performance, and video art. Sean O'Hagan, writing in ''The Guardian'' in 2017, described her as "a neglected early-1970s P ...

(1937–2022), painter, photographer and performance artist, a pioneer of feminist art in Poland *

Eugeniusz Molski Eugeniusz Molski (born in 1942 in Bagienice, Zichenau) is a Polish contemporary artist, painter and sculptor. Attended a State Fine Arts College in Nałęczów and a State Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław where he obtained his diploma in 1969. ...

(born 1942), artist, painter and sculptor * Lech Rzewuski (1941–2004), painter * Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun (born 1941), painter

Notes and references

External links

* {{authority control Universities and colleges in Wrocław Universities and colleges in Poland Educational institutions established in 1946 1946 establishments in Poland