Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie) is a public university of

visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...

and

applied arts The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing."Applied art" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of Art''. Online edition. Oxford Univers ...

located in the

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. The Academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the

Warsaw University The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

in the

Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw ( pl, Księstwo Warszawskie, french: Duché de Varsovie, german: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during ...

in 1812. As a separate institution it was founded in 1844 in

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. In an upgrade in 1904 it was named the Warsaw School of Fine Arts; and in 1932 it received recognition as an Academy. At first the institute did not have its own building and classes were held in several locations around the city. Following an architectural competition a design by Alfons Gravier was chosen and construction began in 1911. The building was completed by the outbreak of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Faculties

*Faculty of

Painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

*Faculty of

Sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

*Faculty of

Graphic Arts A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional, i.e. produced on a flat surface.

*Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of

Works of Art A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...

*Faculty of

Interior Design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordina ...

*Faculty of

Industrial Design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advan ...

*Faculty of

Media Art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D prin ...

Notable students and faculty

Magdalena Abakanowicz Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska (20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. She was known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and her outdoor installations. She is widely regarded as one of Poland ...

(1930–2017) * Bronislaw Abramowicz (1837–1912) *

Piotr Abraszewski Piotr Abraszewski (June 29, 1905 – June 9, 1996) was a Polish painter born in Zamość, Poland. From 1928 to 1934 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with Professor M. Kotarbinski, and in 1935 he became Assistant Professor at th ...

(1932–1939) *

Mirosław Bałka Miroslaw Balka (born 16 December 1958) is a Polish contemporary sculptor and video artist. Life and career Balka was born in Warsaw in 1958. He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 1985. (1958) *

Magda Bielesz Magda Bielesz (born 25 March 1977 in Warsaw) – painter, author of Installation art, installations, objects, drawings, video art, videos. Career Graduated from the Faculty of Painting Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, diploma in ''Gościnna'' ...

(1977–) *

Bogna Burska Bogna Burska (born 1974) is a Polish playwright and visual artist known for installations, spatial photography and video. Her art is presented from a feminist perspective. Her initial painting compositions were narratives of congealed blood for ...

(1974) *

Caziel Caziel (born Kazimierz Józef Zielenkiewicz; 16 June 1906 – 25 August 1988) was a Polish artist who lived and worked in Paris during the inter-war period and who worked alongside a number of important figures of the School of Paris, includi ...

(1906–1988) *

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ( pl, Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis – ) was a Lithuanian painter, composer and writer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been ...

or Czurlanis in Polish (1875–1911) *

Marian Czapla Marian Czapla (July 28, 1946 – January 12, 2016) was a Polish painter and graphic artist. Born on July 28, 1946, in Gacki, Staszów County, Gacki near Szydłów, Czapla graduated from the School of Plastic Arts in Kielce. He then attended t ...

(1946–) *

Wojciech Gerson Wojciech Gerson (; July 1, 1831 – February 25, 1901) was a leading Polish painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long-time ...

(1831–1901) *

Chaim Goldberg Chaim Goldberg (March 20, 1917 – June 26, 2004) was a Polish-American artist, painter, sculptor, and engraver. He is known for being a chronicler of Jewish life in the eastern European Polish villages (or '' shtetlekh'') like the one in his ...

(1917–2004) *

Wiktoria Goryńska Wiktoria Julia Jadwiga Goryńska (6 July 1902 – 29 March 1945) was a Polish painter and graphic artist. Early life and education Wiktoria Julia Jadwiga Goryńska was born on 6 July 1902 in Vienna to journalists Stanisława (née Markheim) an ...

(1902–1945) *

Stanisław Horno-Popławski Stanisław Horno-Popławski (1902-1997) was a Russian-Polish painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. Life Stanisław's mother was Maria-Natalie-Agripina Popłavskaya (russian: Мария-Натали-Агрипина По� ...

(1902-1997) *

Krzysztof Jung Krzysztof Jung (11 July 1951 in Warsaw – 5 October 1998 in Warsaw) was a Polish painter, graphic artist, performer, teacher and creator of the conception of the Plastic Theatre. Life Studied at the Faculty of Interior Design of the Academy of ...

(1951-1998) *

Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hinduism, Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In t ...

(1918–1998) * Julia Keilowa (1902-1943) * David van de Kop (1937–1994) * Katarzyna Kozyra (1963–) *

Jeremi Kubicki Jeremi Kubicki (6 April 1911 – 6 December 1938) was a Polish painter. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics. He committed suicide by shooting himself in 1938. Gallery Refe ...

(1911–1938) * Bronisław Linke (1906-1962) *

Lech Majewski Lech Majewski (pronounced , ‘Ma-yev-ski’) (born 30 August 1953) is a Polish film and theatre director, writer, poet, and painter. Life and career Born in Katowice, Poland, Majewski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the 1970 ...

(1947) *

Witold Manastyrski Vitold Antonovich Manastyrsky ( uk, Вітольд Антінович Манастирський, January 11, 1915 – June 23, 1992) was a Soviet artist, painter, graphic artist, and teacher. Manastyrsky was born in Lviv in the family of the Uk ...

(1915-1992) * Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski (1942–2016) *

Ryszard Sroczyński Ryszard Sroczyński (8 May 1905 – 3 August 1966) was a Polish painter and sculptor. He was a student of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where his teacher was Karol Tichy. In 1946 he settled down in Bielsko-Biała where he created his work and ...

(1905–1966) *

Boguslaw Szwacz Bogusław Szwacz (born 27 March 1912 in Leżajsk, died 24 February 2009 in Warsaw) was a Polish-born artist, painter, sculptor, professor and lecturer at Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Life and education Hailed as one of the most significan ...

(1912–1982) *

Antoni Słonimski Antoni Słonimski (15 November 1895 – 4 July 1976) was a Polish poet, artist, journalist, playwright and prose writer, president of the Union of Polish Writers in 1956–1959 during the Polish October, known for his devotion to social justic ...

(1895–1976) * Wanda Telakowska (1905–1986) * Aleksander Żyw (1905–1995) *

Henryk Tomaszewski (poster artist) Henryk Tomaszewski (pronounced tom-a-SHEV-ski) (June 10, 1914 – September 11, 2005) was an award-winning poster artist and the "father" of the Polish Poster School. Biography Henryk Tomaszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland on June 10, 1914, to ...

(1914-2005)

References

External links

Homepage of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
(English version) {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1844 Arts organizations established in the 1840s