Notable Alumni of Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw [Sorted List]

1. Józef Gazy

1910-1998 (aged 88)

sculptor conservator artist

Józef Gazy was a Polish artist, sculptor and restorer. Author of several monuments set in public space in various cities in Poland. In the 1960s he served as the leader of a team responsible for removal, maintenance, conservation and restoration of frescoes from the cathedral of Faras.

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2. Margherita Turewicz Lafranchi

1961-. (aged 65)

artist

Małgorzata Turewicz Lafranchi is a visual artist. Born in Poland, since 1994 she has lived and worked in Bellinzona in the Ticino canton of Switzerland.

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3. Magda Bielesz

1977-. (aged 49)

painter

Magda Bielesz – painter, author of installations, objects, drawings, videos.

4. Jadwiga Hładki-Wajwódowa

1904-1944 (aged 40)

visual artist

Jadwiga Salomea Hładki-Wajwódowa was a Polish artist. She competed in the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics. She was killed during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.

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5. Ryszard Sroczyński

1905-1966 (aged 61)

painter sculptor

Ryszard Sroczyński was a Polish painter and sculptor.

6. Anna Ziaja

1954-. (aged 72)

graphic artist painter

Anna Ziaja is a Polish contemporary painter and print maker.

7. Sławomir Ratajski

1955-. (aged 71)

painter

Sławomir Ratajski is a Polish painter and diplomat.

8. Aleksander Żyw

1905-1995 (aged 90)

painter

Aleksander Zyw was a Polish artist who lived and created especially in France, United Kingdom and Italy.

9. Stefan Kiedrzyński

1888-1943 (aged 55)

writer

Stefan Kiedrzyński was a Polish writer and essayist. He has published several novels and screenplays, mainly comedies.

10. Ryszard Woźniak

1956-. (aged 70)

painter

Ryszard Woźniak is a Polish painter, performer and teacher.

11. Ryszard Grzyb

1956-. (aged 70)

painter

Ryszard Henryk Grzyb, a Polish painter, poet, and graphic designer.

12. Konrad Srzednicki

1894-1993 (aged 99)

art educator painter graphic artist

Konrad Srzednicki was a Polish painter and printmaker. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

13. Cecylia Vetulani

1908-1980 (aged 72)

restorer art historian

Cecylia Vetulani was a Polish art historian and conservator-restorer who did research mostly in the field of Warmia and Masuria folk art. She was a custodian of the Museum of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (1950–1956).

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14. Irena Stankiewicz

1925-. (aged 101)

painter xylographer

Irena Stankiewicz is a Polish graphic artist.

15. Jerzy Onuch

1954-. (aged 72)

diplomat contemporary artist curator

Jerzy Onuch is a contemporary artist and curator. He has been working as an artist since the late 1970s, presenting performance and installation works in Europe and North America. From 2005 to 2010, he held the diplomatic post of Director of the Polish Institute in Kyiv, Ukraine. Between 2010 and 2014 he was the director of the Polish Cultural Institute...

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16. Resia Schor

1910-2006 (aged 96)

painter

Resia Schor was a Polish-born artist who lived and worked in New York City from 1941 until her death in 2006.

17. Barbara Zbrożyna

1923-1995 (aged 72)

writer painter poet sculptor

Barbara Zbrożyna was a Polish sculptor, creator of figural sculptures, monuments, portraits, religious and sepulchral sculptures. Her style evolved from realism through the synthetic simplifications, expressive and metaphoric deformation, to abstraction. She was also a painter, drawer and poet. Awarded for achievements in arts by Solidarność (1984, 1989), awarded the Prize of Brat Albert Chmielowski (1986) and Prize of Polcul...

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18. Aneta Grzeszykowska

1974-. (aged 52)

artist photographer graphic artist

Aneta Grzeszykowska is a Polish Artist.

19. Janusz Baldyga

1954-. (aged 72)

painter artist

Janusz Bałdyga was born in 1954 in Lublin, Poland. He works as a performance artist and creates installations. In 1974, he started his studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and graduated in the studio of prof Stefan Gierowski in 1979. Bałdyga has been active in the fields of performance art, installations, objects and drawing since...

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20. Bazyli Wojtowicz

1899-1985 (aged 86)

sculptor

Bazyli Wójtowicz was a Polish sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

21. Magdalena Wiecek

1924-2008 (aged 84)

sculptor

Magdalena Więcek was a Polish sculptor and art teacher.

22. Monika Weiss

1964-. (aged 62)

artist sculptor

Monika Weiss is a Polish-American contemporary artist based in New York City. She works primarily with Installation, video projection, performance, sound and drawing. Her transdisciplinary approach investigates relationships between body and history, and evokes ancient rituals of lamentation.

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23. Marian Wnuk

1906-1967 (aged 61)

sculptor

Marian Wnuk was a Polish sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

24. Modhir Ahmed

1956-. (aged 70)

painter draftsperson graphic artist

Modhir Ahmed is an Iraqi-Swedish artist.

25. Kasia Domanska

1972-. (aged 54)

painter

Kasia Domanska is a Polish painter.

26. Krystyna Dąbrowska

1906-1944 (aged 38)

painter sculptor

Krystyna Dąbrowska was a Polish sculptor and painter, and a Warsaw Uprising insurgent. Her work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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27. Krzysztof Bednarski

1953-. (aged 73)

sculptor visual artist scenographer

Krzysztof Michał Bednarski is a contemporary Polish-Italian sculptor.

28. Władysław Malecki

1836-1900 (aged 64)

painter

Władysław Aleksander Malecki was a Polish landscape painter in the Realistic style.

29. Krzysztof Jung

1951-1998 (aged 47)

graphic designer painter

Krzysztof Jung was a Polish painter, graphic artist, performer, teacher and creator of the conception of the Plastic Theatre.

30. Zeev Ben-Zvi

1904-1952 (aged 48)

sculptor pedagogue

Zeev Ben-Zvi was a Polish-Israeli sculptor born in Ryki, Congress Poland, whose work influenced a generation of sculptors.

31. Józef Mroszczak

1910-1975 (aged 65)

graphic designer graphic artist teacher university teacher

Józef Mroszczak was a Polish graphic designer.

32. Franciszek Strynkiewicz

1893-1996 (aged 103)

sculptor

Franciszek Strynkiewicz was a Polish sculptor. He submitted some of his work into an unknown category of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the "Statues" category of the art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal.

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33. Teodor Rygier

1841-1913 (aged 72)

artist sculptor

Teodor Rygier was a Polish sculptor known especially for his Adam Mickiewicz Monument (1898) in Kraków, Poland. He was selected in the major competition by popular demand.

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34. Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski

1942-2016 (aged 74)

painter

Eugeniusz Geno Małkowski was a Polish painter. Małkowski was a professor of contemporary art at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, founder of artistic groups and associations throughout Poland, organizer of modern art exhibitions, and popularizer of art. He was known for his speed painting happenings in which he invited people to paint together. In 2005, in Bełchatów,...

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35. Jacek Sempoliński

1927-2012 (aged 85)

visual artist painter literary critic draftsperson

Jacek Sempoliński was a Polish painter, draftsman, art professor, critic, and essayist.

36. Wanda Telakowska

1905-1985 (aged 80)

designer

Wanda Telakowska was a Polish artist and the founder of Warsaw's Institute of Industrial Design.

37. Antoni Kenar

1906-1959 (aged 53)

sculptor

Antoni Kenar was a Polish sculptor, educator, and director of the Antoni Kenar School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. He was also a mountaineer.

38. Jeremi Kubicki

1911-1938 (aged 27)

painter

Jeremi Kubicki was a Polish painter. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics. He committed suicide at 27 years of age by shooting himself in 1938.

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39. Chaim Goldberg

1917-2004 (aged 87)

painter sculptor

Chaim Goldberg was a Polish-Israeli-American artist, painter, sculptor, and engraver. He is known for being a chronicler of Jewish life in the eastern European Polish villages (or shtetlekh) like the one in his native Kazimierz Dolny in south-eastern Poland. He witnessed the colorful life and began to draw what he saw. The recurring art colony atmosphere became the highpoint of...

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40. Piotr Uklański

1968-. (aged 58)

performance artist installation artist director screenwriter new media artist

Piotr Uklański is a Polish-American contemporary artist, director and photographer who has produced art since the mid 1990s which have explored themes of spectacle, cliché, and tropes of modern art. Many of his pieces and projects take well-known, overused, sometimes sentimental subjects and tropes and both embraces and subverts them. Untitled (Dance Floor) (1996) is one of his best known...

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41. Romuald Gutt

1888-1974 (aged 86)

university teacher urban planner architect

Romuald Gutt was a Polish architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

42. Józef Szermentowski

1833-1876 (aged 43)

painter

Józef Szermentowski, or Szermętowski, was a Polish landscape painter, influenced by the Barbizon School.

43. Lubomir Tomaszewski

1923-2018 (aged 95)

teacher painter designer sculptor ceramicist

Lubomir Wojciech Tomaszewski was a Polish-American painter, sculptor and designer born in Warsaw, Poland. He lived in United States since 1966.

44. Franciszek Kostrzewski

1826-1911 (aged 85)

painter caricaturist illustrator

Franciszek Kostrzewski was a Polish illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, comics artist and painter in the Realistic style.

45. Nathan Rapoport

1911-1987 (aged 76)

painter sculptor

Nathan Rapoport was a Warsaw-born Jewish sculptor and painter, later a resident of Israel and then the United States.

46. Leon Tarasewicz

1957-. (aged 69)

university teacher painter draftsperson

Leon Tarasewicz is a Polish painter of Belarusian origin, professor of fine arts, academic teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

47. Feliks Topolski

1907-1989 (aged 82)

painter artist

Feliks Topolski was a Polish expressionist painter and draughtsman working primarily in the United Kingdom.

48. Alicja Wahl

1932-2020 (aged 88)

painter

Alicja Wahl was a Polish artist. She is known for her contribution to the cultural life of Warsaw in the 1980s and 1990s.

49. Aleksander Sochaczewski

1843-1923 (aged 80)

painter

Aleksander Sochaczewski was a Polish painter who participated in the Polish January Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1863. He was then exiled to Siberia. He is known for his paintings of the uprising and the Siberian katorga and exile.

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50. Zofia Wojciechowska-Grabska

1905-1992 (aged 87)

painter

Zofia Wojciechowska-Grabska was a Polish painter. She was the daughter of President of Poland Stanisław Wojciechowski and First Lady Maria Wojciechowska.

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51. Ewa Kuryluk

1946-. (aged 80)

painter writer art critic art historian textile artist

Ewa Kuryluk is a Polish artist. She is a pioneer of textile installation, painter, photographer, art historian, novelist and poet, and the author of numerous books, written in Polish and English, many of which have been translated into other languages. She has had over fifty solo exhibitions, participated in many group shows and created outdoor installations throughout the world. Her...

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52. Bronisław Wojciech Linke

1906-1962 (aged 56)

painter caricaturist graphic artist

Bronisław Wojciech Linke,, was a Polish painter and graphic artist noted for his metaphorical realism in his depiction of human destructiveness.

53. Jan Mlodozeniec

1929-2000 (aged 71)

designer graphic artist painter visual artist typographer

Jan Młodożeniec was a Polish graphic designer. He worked in posters, drawing, book and publication design, and illustration.

54. Mieczyslaw Szcuka

1898-1927 (aged 29)

painter typographer sculptor artist photographer

Mieczysław Szczuka was a Polish avant-garde artist and mountaineer.

55. Eryk Lipiński

1908-1991 (aged 83)

designer graphic artist caricaturist draftsperson

Eryk Lipiński was a Polish artist. Satirist, caricaturist, essayist, he has designed posters, written plays and sketches for cabarets, as well as written books on related subjects.

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56. Stanisław Masłowski

1853-1926 (aged 73)

painter draftsperson illustrator

Stanisław Masłowski was a Polish painter of realistic style, the author of watercolor landscapes.

57. Józef Gosławski

1908-1963 (aged 55)

sculptor designer caricaturist

Józef Jan Gosławski was a Polish sculptor and medallic artist. He was a designer of coins (e.g. 5 zł with fisherman), monuments (e.g. Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola) and medals (e.g. Year 1939). Laureate of many artistic competitions; decorated with the Silver Cross of Merit.

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58. Tadeusz Baranowski

1945-. (aged 81)

painter voice actor comics artist draftsperson

Tadeusz Baranowski is a Polish comic book artist.

59. Henryk Tomaszewski

1914-2005 (aged 91)

designer teacher graphic artist painter illustrator

Henryk Tomaszewski was a Polish poster artist and the "father" of the Polish Poster School.

60. Jacques Hnizdovsky

1915-1985 (aged 70)

graphic artist sculptor painter ceramicist postage stamp designer

Jacques Hnizdovsky was a Ukrainian-born American painter, printmaker, graphic designer, illustrator and sculptor.

61. Mirosław Bałka

1958-. (aged 68)

draftsperson installation artist sculptor visual artist painter

Miroslaw Balka is a Polish contemporary sculptor and video artist.

62. Szarlota Pawel

1947-2018 (aged 71)

comics artist painter

Szarlota Pawel; actual name, Eugenia Joanna Pawel-Kroll was a Polish comic book artist, creator of the popular series about Jonka, Jonek and Kleks, among other comics.

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63. Joanna Rajkowska

1968-. (aged 58)

video artist

Joanna Rajkowska is a Polish contemporary artist who came onto the Polish art scene in the 1990s. Her most famous work is called "Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue", a 15-meter-tall (49-foot) artificial palm tree installed on Warsaw's Jerusalem Avenue.

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64. Paweł Althamer

1967-. (aged 59)

sculptor installation artist performance artist visual artist video installation artist

Paweł Althamer is a Polish contemporary sculptor, performer, collaborative artist and creator of installations, and video art.

65. Feliks Falk

1941-. (aged 85)

screenwriter film director director theatrical director

Feliks Falk ps. Robert F. Lane, Edward Neyman is a Polish film and theater director as well as writer of film scripts, stage plays, television plays, and radio shows.

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66. Wojciech Siudmak

1942-. (aged 84)

painter

Wojciech Kazimierz "Wojtek" Siudmak is a Polish painter and sculptor currently living in France. He was a student at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1966, he moved to France where he studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. His works are often used as illustrations for science fiction and fantasy literature, including the Polish edition of Frank Herbert's Dune...

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67. Honorat Koźmiński

1829-1916 (aged 87)

Catholic theologian religious Catholic priest

Honorat Koźmiński, born Florentyn Wacław Jan Stefan Koźmiński, was a Polish priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who went on to establish sixteen religious congregations. He was a teacher before reinvigorating clandestine religious orders that the Russian Empire had suppressed during their occupation of Poland. He collaborated with a number of individuals in this venture...

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68. Krzysztof Wodiczko

1943-. (aged 83)

performance artist artist university teacher television producer conceptual artist

Krzysztof Wodiczko is a Polish artist known for his large-scale slide and video projections on architectural facades and monuments. He has realized more than 80 such public projections in Australia, Austria, Canada, England, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.

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69. Nil Khasevych

1905-1952 (aged 47)

painter

Nil Antonovych Khasevych was a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, and active public and political figure, member of the OUN and the UHVR. He was also a knight of the Silver Cross of Merit and the Medal "For the fight in especially difficult circumstances". Many of his most famous works depict the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in their struggles against Nazi Germany...

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70. Nadia Léger

1904-1982 (aged 78)

mosaicist painter

Nadia Khodasevich Léger (Belarusian: Надзе́я Пятро́ўна Хадасе́віч-Лежэ́. Russian: Надежда Петровна Ходасевич-Леже) (23 September 1904 – 7 November 1982) was a French-Belarusian artist. She was the first wife of Polish painter Stanisław Grabowski and the second wife of French artist Fernand Léger. The Russian form of her name can be transliterated as Nadezhda Khodasevich or Khodassevich or Khodasievitch; and from the...

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71. Hanna Bakuła

1950-. (aged 76)

painter

Hanna Bakuła is a Polish painter, scenographer and Playboy columnist.

72. Lech Majewski

1953-. (aged 73)

film director video artist theatrical director film editor photographer

Lech Majewski is a Polish-American poet, filmmaker, media artist, writer, and theater director. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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73. Allan Starski

1943-. (aged 83)

scenographer

Allan Mieczysław Starski is a Polish Oscar-winning production designer and set decorator.

74. Władysław Hasior

1928-1999 (aged 71)

painter sculptor

Władysław Hasior was a Polish sculptor, painter and theatre set designer. He was one of the leading Polish contemporary sculptors connected with the Podhale region.

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75. Józef Pankiewicz

1866-1940 (aged 74)

university teacher painter graphic artist

Józef Pankiewicz was a Polish impressionist painter, graphic artist and teacher. He spent much of his career in France.

76. Magdalena Abakanowicz

1930-2017 (aged 87)

university teacher architectural draftsperson teacher installation artist performance artist

Magdalena Abakanowicz was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. Known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and for outdoor installations, Abakanowicz has been considered among the most influential Polish artists of the postwar era. She worked as a professor of studio art at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland, from 1965 to 1990, and as...

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77. Krystyna Sienkiewicz

1935-2017 (aged 82)

actor film actor

Krystyna Waleria Sienkiewicz was a Polish actress and singer.

78. Jonasz Kofta

1942-1988 (aged 46)

songwriter writer lyricist radio personality poet

Jonasz Kofta, real name: Janusz Kofta was a Polish songwriter, poet, actor, and singer.

79. Roman Opałka

1931-2011 (aged 80)

conceptual artist painter printmaker photographer

Roman Opałka was a French-born Polish painter, whose works are mostly associated with conceptual art.

80. Antoni Słonimski

1895-1976 (aged 81)

theatre critic graphic artist journalist writer translator

Antoni Słonimski was a Polish poet, artist, journalist, playwright and prose writer, president of the Union of Polish Writers in 1956–1959 during the Polish October, known for his devotion to social justice.

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81. Tomasz Lipiński

1955-. (aged 71)

designer singer composer

Tomasz “Frantz” Lipinski is a Polish rock guitarist, lyricist, composer and singer. Born on 21 August 1955 in Warsaw, Lipinski is the founder of Tilt, one of the first punk rock bands in Poland, and co-founder of Brygada Kryzys, regarded as an influential rock band in Poland. Furthermore, he was a member of the bands Fotoness and Izrael.

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82. Władysław Podkowiński

1866-1895 (aged 29)

painter

Władysław Podkowiński was a Polish master painter and illustrator associated with the Young Poland movement during the Partition period.

83. Jerzy Duszyński

1917-1978 (aged 61)

actor

Jerzy Duszyński was one of the most popular actors in a post-war Poland. He starred in a number of film productions as well as theatrical plays.

84. Antoni Krauze

1940-2018 (aged 78)

film director screenwriter

Antoni Krauze was a Polish screenwriter and director.

85. Ewa Partum

1945-. (aged 81)

photographer printmaker filmmaker performance artist film director

Ewa Partum is a poetry artist, performance artist, filmmaker, mail artist, and conceptual artist.

86. Bronislaw Abramowicz

1837-1912 (aged 75)

painter

Bronisław Abramowicz was a Polish painter, born in Załuchów.

87. Henryk Kuna

1879-1945 (aged 66)

painter sculptor

Henryk Kuna was a Polish sculptor, active in the early twentieth century. His long career produced many famous works of arts including several renowned public monuments in his native country of Poland.

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88. Józef Czapski

1896-1993 (aged 97)

literary critic essayist painter writer draftsperson

Józef Czapski was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an Major of the Polish Army reserves. As a painter, he is notable for his membership in the Kapist movement, which was heavily influenced by Cézanne. Following the Polish Defensive War, he was made a prisoner of war by the Soviets and was among the very few officers...

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89. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

1875-1911 (aged 36)

composer painter

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish.

90. Katarzyna Kozyra

1963-. (aged 63)

sculptor performance artist artist video artist performing artist

Katarzyna Kozyra is a Polish video artist. She studied German studies at the University of Warsaw (1985–1988). In 1993, she also graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she studied sculpture and Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. Kozryra received a Paszport Polityki award in 1997 as the most promising artist in Poland. She has exhibited...

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91. Dea Trier Mørch

1941-2001 (aged 60)

graphic artist writer

Dea Trier Mørch was a Danish artist and writer. She gained fame in 1976 with Vinterbørn, translated into English as Winter's Child.