Maciej Maciej (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, the etymological equivalent of Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś.
Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May
Maciej may refer to:
Arts and ent ...
Masłowski (January 24, 1901 – August 17, 1976) was a Polish
art historian
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Traditionally, the ...
.
Biography
Masłowski was born in
Warsaw
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. He was a son of painter
Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926) and piano teacher Aniela born Ponikowska (1864–1940). After graduating from (
Mickiewicz-Konopczyński School) in
Warsaw
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, he studied at
University of Warsaw
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, first
history
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, and then
art history
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Tradit ...
. (His teacher was
Zygmunt Batowski.)
From 1931 to 1939 he worked in the Department of Fine Arts of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education (Polish abbr.: WRiOP) and at the same time as the manager of Mobile Art Exhibition and organizer of the Summer Institutes of Folk Arts at
Żabie on
Hucul region
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— 1938 and in
Zakopane
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on
Podhale
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region — 1939. Since 1937, he was a delegate of the Polish Minister of Religious Affairs and
Public Education
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to the Interministerial Committee on
Folk Industry and
Folk Art
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.
From 1939 to 1945 he was the artistic and scientific advisor to
Society for the Protection of Folk Art in
Warsaw
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. Between 1945 and 1946 he collaborated with the
Polish National Institute of Fine Arts in
Warsaw
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. In 1947-1949 he was a professor of
College of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and in 1948-1949 - the chief of the
Institute of the Dissemination of Fine Arts in Warsaw, later transformed into the
Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, and then into the
Zachęta National Gallery of Art. In 1948, he has been Polish Division Commissioner for the
Biennale
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in
Venice
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, and then, in 1948-1949 - the manager of the
Polish Museum in
Rapperswil
Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...
in
Switzerland
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.
[See - Maciej Maslowski appointment to the post of managing director of Polish Museum in ]Rapperswil
Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...
, Switzerland
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, July 1948: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maciej_Maslowski_-_Appointment_to_the_post_of_managing_director_of_Muzeum_Polskie_-_Rapperswil,_Switzerland,_July_1948.jpg In the same year he was also commissioner of Polish
Painting
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Retrospective Exhibition in
Prague
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in
Czechoslovakia
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. Between 1950 and 1951 he was research professor in the
National Institute of Art in Warsaw (later transformed into the Art Institute of
Polish Academy of Sciences
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).
During the
communism
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oppression
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No universally accepted model ...
era - from 1951 - he gave up a regular job, which has not afterwards returned. Trying to survive, he undertook various commercial activities and cultivated research and literary work at home in
Podkowa Leśna
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(where he lived permanently from 1945 until his death in 1976 in
Wysokie Mazowieckie
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History
Wysokie was founded by Polish people, Polish settlers from nearby Mazovia in t ...
).
From 1933 he was married to
Halina
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*Halina Aszkiełowicz (1947–2018), Polish former volleyball player and 1968 Olympic medallist
*Halina Balon (born 1948), Polish fencer
*Halina Biegun (born 1955), Polish luger who c ...
Klisiński. He had two children (
Christine, born 1940 married Kahl, and
Andrew
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, born 1937). He was buried in
Powązki Cemetery
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in
Warsaw
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("Stare Powązki" - Old Powązki Cemetery) in the family tomb (section 11-1-7/8).
Major works
* ''
Henryk Grombecki - Studium monograficzne'',
Warsaw
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1936;
* ''
Piotr Michałowski'',
Warsaw
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1957, ed. "
Sztuka";
* ''
Stanisław Masłowski'' (introduction and collection of pictures), Warsaw 1957, ed. "
Sztuka";
* ''
Stanisław Masłowski - Materiały do życiorysu i twórczości'' (Materials for Biography and Works),
Wrocław
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1958, ed. "
Ossolineum
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" (in the series "Sources for the History of Polish Art", vol. VII);
* ''
Marian Trzebiński - Pamiętnik Malarza'' (Memoirs of a Painter, a critical analysis and introduction to...),
Wrocław
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1958, ed. "
Ossolineum
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";
* ''
Zygmunt Waliszewski'',
Warsaw
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1962, ed. "
Arkady
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";
* ''Dzieje Polski w obrazach'' (Polish History in Pictures - introduction and selection of images to the album),
Warsaw
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1962, ed. "
Arkady
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";
* ''Studia Malarskie
Wojciecha Kornelego Stattlera w Krakowie i Rzymie'' (
Wojciech Korneli Stattler Studies of Painting in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
and
Rome
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),
Wrocław
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1964, ed. "
Ossolineum
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";
* ''
Julian Fałat
Julian Fałat ( Tuligłowy, near Lwów, 30 July 1853 – 9 July 1929, Bystra Śląska) was one of the most prolific Polish watercolorists, one of the country's foremost landscapists, and a leading impressionist.
Life
Fałat studied at the ...
'',
Warsaw
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1964, ed."
Arkady
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";
* ''Malarski żywot
Józefa Chełmońskiego'' (
Józef Chełmoński
Józef Marian Chełmoński (7 November 1849 – 6 April 1914) was a Polish painter of the Realism (art movement), realist school with roots in the historical and social context of the late Romanticism in Poland, Romantic period in partitioned Pol ...
Painter's Life),
Warsaw
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1965, ed. "PIW" (ed.
National Publishing Institute, 2nd edition - 1972), 3rd ed. - 2014 by
Bellona Publishing House
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;
* ''
Cyprian Godebski - '' (
Cyprian Godebski - Letters of Art - A Critical Analysis, Introduction and Comments),
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
1970, ed.
Wydawnictwo Literackie
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Company history
Since its foundation in 1953, Wydawnictwo Literackie has ...
(Literary Press);
* ''
Maksymilian Gierymski
Maksymilian Dionizy Gierymski (1846 in Warsaw – 1874 in Reichenhall, Bavaria) was a Polish painter, specializing mainly in watercolours. He was the older brother of painter Aleksander Gierymski.
As a seventeen-year-old boy, he participat ...
i jego czasy'' (
Maksymilian Gierymski
Maksymilian Dionizy Gierymski (1846 in Warsaw – 1874 in Reichenhall, Bavaria) was a Polish painter, specializing mainly in watercolours. He was the older brother of painter Aleksander Gierymski.
As a seventeen-year-old boy, he participat ...
and His Times),
Warsaw
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1970, ed. "PIW" (
National Publishing Institute, (2nd edition - 1976);
* ''
Józef Chełmoński
Józef Marian Chełmoński (7 November 1849 – 6 April 1914) was a Polish painter of the Realism (art movement), realist school with roots in the historical and social context of the late Romanticism in Poland, Romantic period in partitioned Pol ...
'',
Warsaw
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1973, ed. "
Auriga
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" -
Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe (Art and Film Publishers);
* ''
Piotr Michałowski'',
Warsaw
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1974, ed. "
Arkady
Arkady () is a Slavic masculine given name, ultimately derived from the Greek name Αρκάδιος, meaning “from Arcadia”. Endeared versions of the name are ''Arkasha''. The Latin equivalent is Arcadius. Notable people with the name include: ...
" (in the series "In the Circle of Art");
* ''
Piotr Michałowski'',
Berlin
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1974, ed.
Henschel Verlag und Gess.;
* ''
Juliusz Kossak
Juliusz Fortunat Kossak (15 December 1824 – 3 February 1899) was a Polish historical painter and master illustrator who specialized in battle scenes, military portraits and horses. He was the progenitor of an artistic family that spanned fou ...
'',
Warsaw
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1984, ed. "
Auriga
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" -
Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe (Art and Film Publishers, 2nd ed. - 1986, 3rd ed. - 1990) .
* See also:
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- https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Maciej+Maslowski&dblist=638&fq=ap%3A%22mas%3Fowski%2C+maciej%22&qt=facet_ap%3A
cc.: 2018-02-12* See also:
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catalogue - https://katalogi.bn.org.pl/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Maciej%20Mas%C5%82owski&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=NLOP_IZ_NZ&vid=48OMNIS_NLOP:48OMNIS_NLOP&lang=pl&offset=0
cc.: 2019-09-05
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*
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz (; also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter; 20 February 1894 – 2 March 1980), was a Polish writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator.Bartłomiej Szleszyński, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. 2003 Culture.plJ ...
: ''Maciej Masłowski (1901-1976)'', "
Twórczość
''Twórczość'' (, Creativity, or Creative Output) is a Polish monthly literary journal, first published in 1945. Since 1 April 2000, ''Twórczość'' has been published by the state-funded Book Institute (Instytut Książki).[Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz (; also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter; 20 February 1894 – 2 March 1980), was a Polish writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator.Bartłomiej Szleszyński, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. 2003 Culture.plJ ...]
: ''Rozmowy o książkach'' (Conversations about Books), Warsaw 1968, ed. "
Iskry" Publ., p. 331-334; and of the same author: ''Sąsiad z
Kuklówki'' (Neighbour of
Kuklówka), "
Życie Warszawy", 1966, No 44 (of Feb. the 20-21st) p. 4; ''Zapomniane malarstwo'' (A Forgotten
Painting
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), "
Życie Warszawy", 1967, No 25 (of Jan. the 29-30th) p. 5; ''Książka trzydziestolecia'' (A Book of Thirty Years),"
Życie Warszawy", 1974, No 173 (of Jul. the 21-22nd), p. 7; ''
Maks MAKS or Maks may refer to:
People
*Maksim (Maks), a Slavic given name
* Kees Maks (1876-1967) Dutch painter
Places
* Maks, a settlement in northern Poland
Other uses
*MAKS Air Show, an international airshow held near Moscow, Russia
* MAKS (space ...
'', "
Życie Warszawy", 1971, No 8 (of Jan the 10-11th), p. 5; ''Godebscy'' (
Godebski Family), "
Życie Warszawy", 1970 (of Aug. the 9-10th) p. 5;
*''Maciej Masłowski (1901-1976)'', "
Tygodnik Powszechny
''Tygodnik Powszechny'' (, ''The Common Weekly'') is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sap ...
", 1976, No 38 (1443, of Sept. the 19th). p. 3;
*
Maria Olszaniecka: ''Tej książki nie będziemy już czytać - wspomnienie o Macieju Masłowskim'' (This Book We Will Never Read - Memory of Maciej Masłowski), "
Kultura
''Kultura'' (, ''Culture'')—sometimes referred to as ''Kultura Paryska'' ("Paris-based Culture")—was a leading Polish-émigré literary-political magazine, published from 1947 to 2000 by ''Instytut Literacki'' (the Literary Institute), in ...
", 1976, No 37 (of Sept. the 12th);
*
Beata Sowińska: ''Malarski żywot'' (Painter's Life), "
Życie Warszawy", 1966 (of May the 21st), p. 3.
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1901 births
1976 deaths
Burials at Powązki Cemetery
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Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
20th-century Polish historians
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