Józef Skrobiński (born 26 January 1910 in Wólka near Mława, died on 22 January 1979 in

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

) was a Polish film director and painter.

Biography

Józef Skrobiński was born on 26 January 1910 in Wólka near Mława (now Mława) in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. From 1930–1934, he studied mathematics at the Warsaw University and painting in professor W. Witwicki's class. In 1946, he started his work at the Animated Film Studio and then in Education Film Studio. Skrobiński was a specialist in animated films. Starting in 1951, he made his own films as a director. The subjects of his films were

astronomy Astronomy () is a natural science that studies astronomical object, celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and chronology of the Universe, evolution. Objects of interest ...

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

, and

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. He also made some films at Studio of Animated Films in

. Skrobiński directed or produced over 40 animated and popular science films or films for schools.''Józef Skrobiński - films''
at the Filmpolski Database Skrobiński as a painter belonged to the ‘realism school' of paintings. His paintings were presented at national and regional painting exhibitions in Poland and abroad from 1946 to 1979. He was a member of the Association of Polish Artists. In 1979, the city of Łódź recognized him with a lifetime achievement award in painting.

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at the Artnet.com

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