Jan Betley (1908 - 1980) was a

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. Betley was born in

Płock Płock (pronounced ) is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by GUS on 31 December 2021, there were 116,962 inhabitants in the city. Its full ceremonial name, according to the ...

. Before the World War II, he was a student of two well known Polish painters,

Tadeusz Pruszkowski Tadeusz Pruszkowski (15 April 1888 – 30 June 1942) was a Polish painter and art teacher, known primarily for his portraits. Biography He began his artistic studies in 1904 at the , under Konrad Krzyżanowski.

and

Felicjan Kowarski Felicjan Szczesny Kowarski (8 November 1890 – 22 September 1948) was a Polish painter and sculptor, known mostly from his monumental wall paintings and plafonds (e.g. plafond in the ''Hall under the Birds'' at castle of Wawel). His work was ...

, at the Academy of Fine Arts in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

(ASP). In 1936, he graduated under the advisory of Pruszkowski and qualified himself as the assistant-professor in 1948. Most of his early paintings were lost during the war time. After the war he taught at the ASP. He was a member of the '' Fourth Group'' advocating traditional subjects and perfectionism of technique. He is known for his

portrait A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type ...

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

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 ...

s of horses, battle scenes and genre pieces. He was closely related to Polish Colourism. His works can be found in Polish museums and in private collections in Poland and

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. Betley died in Warsaw at age 72.

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1908 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Polish male painters {{Poland-painter-stub