Jerzy Jełowicki (11 August 1899 – 22 September 1939) was a Polish landowner,

agricultural engineer Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical enginee ...

, military reservist and

painter 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 ai ...

. For his service as a military reservist, he was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari. He obtained his degree in agronomy at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, followed by studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was killed three weeks into the German invasion of Poland in the Siege of Warsaw during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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1899 births 1939 deaths 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Olympic competitors in art competitions Polish military personnel killed in World War II Polish male painters Recipients of the Virtuti Militari {{Poland-painter-stub