Juliusz Czechowicz (10 March 1894 – 29 March 1974) was a Polish

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and teacher known mainly as the author of portraits and

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Life

He was the son of Karol Czechowicz and Kazimiera née Szanecka. He graduated from realschule in Stanisławów and in 1913 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He was the student of Wojciech Weiss (in whose studio he spent most of the time), Józef Pankiewicz and

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. In 1917 he received a bronze medal and a cash prize at the student end-year exhibition. He took part in open air conducted by Kamocki in Dobczyce, Ciężkowice, Wola Radziszowska, Krościenko and Zakopane. He completed his studies with a very good result in 1921. He participated in the exhibition of the

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in Kraków in 1923, and in 1926 he took part in an exhibition at the Palace of Art in Kraków. He was a teacher of drawing and manual works in high schools. In 1932 he exhibited his works in Zakopane. In 1933, he started studying at the Paris branch of the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. He exhibited twice in Paris in 1934. In 1938 he ran an individual exhibition in

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. He exhibited again after the end of the Second World War, from 1948; participating together in around forty national and regional exhibitions. He was a member of conservative groups ''Nurt'' and Zachęta. He persisted in custom-made portraits (among others, pastel portraits of

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and Irena Vetulani). He was married to Maria Zamorska. For his pedagogical work he received Medal of the Decade of Independence (1929) and Brown Medal for Long Service (1938). He died in 1974 in Kraków. He was buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery. His works are, among others, in the collection of the Historical Museum in Bielsko-Biała; there is also a pastel portrait of Czechowicz by Witkacy from 1932.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Czechowicz, Juliusz Polish painters Polish male painters Polish schoolteachers People from Tarnobrzeg Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni 1894 births 1974 deaths Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery