Edward Hartwig (6 September 1909,
Moscow
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– 28 October 2003,
Warsaw
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) was a Polish photographer. Born on 6 September 1909 in Moscow and died on 28 October 2003 in Warsaw.
He was the son of
Ludwik Hartwig, already an established photographer in Moscow.
After
Poland
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became independent in 1918 his family moved to
Lublin
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where his sister, the prominent poet
Julia Hartwig
Julia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka (14 August 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets.
Life and career
She was born and raised in Lublin. She studied Polish and French lite ...
was born.
His style was formed under the influence of the work of
Jan Bułhak.
In 1954, on the 10th anniversary of People's Poland, he was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit. In 1999, awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Rebirth of Poland by Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski. He is buried in the catacombs of the
Powązki Cemetery
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in
Warsaw
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(row 100-3).
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Biography
References
1909 births
2003 deaths
Artists from Lublin
Russian emigrants to Poland
Polish photographers
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