Tag: Polish

Joseph Conrad

(1857–1924) Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski Works: • A Personal Record (1912) • A Set of Six (1908) • Almayer’s Folly (1895) • Amy Foster (1901) • An Outcast of the Islands (1896) • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (1913)…

Wojciech Pszoniak

(1942–2020) Filmography as Actor: Danton 1983 Director: Andrzej Wajda Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak   Born May 2 1942 Lwów, Poland, now Lviv (Ukraine) Died October 19 2020 Warsaw (Poland) Occupation Actor

Andrzej Wajda

(1926–2016) Andrzej Witold Wajda Filmography as Director: Danton 1983 Director: Andrzej Wajda Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak     Les possédés 1988 Director: Andrzej Wajda Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Blier   Born March 6 1926 Suwalki (Poland) Died October 9 2016 Warsaw (Poland) Occupation Film Director…

Roman Polanski

(1933) Raymond Thierry Liebling Filmography as Director: Chinatown 1974 Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway   Born August 18 1933 Paris (France) Occupation Actor Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards César David di Donatello Awards European Film…

Anna Zborowska

(1885–1978) Anna (Hanka) Zborowska, née Anna Sierzpowska Anna Zborowska in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Anna Zborowska 1917 Museum of Modern Art, New York     Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Anna Zborowska c.1919 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence     Anna Zborowska in…

Léopold Zborowski

(1889–1932) Zborowski in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Léopold Zborowski 1916 Museu de Arte, São Paulo     Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Léopold Zborowski 1918 Private collection     Zborowski in Film: Montparnasse 19 1958 Director: Jacques Becker Starring: Gérard Philipe, Anouk Aimée   Born March…

Agnieszka Holland

(1948) Filmography as Director: Copying Beethoven 2006 Director: Agnieszka Holland Starring: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger   Born November 28 1948 Warsaw (Poland) Occupation Film director Screenwriter Writer

Moïse Kisling (1891-1953)

(1891–1953) Mojżesz Kisling The artist’s works: Masque mortuaire de Modigliani c.1920 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Moïse Kisling in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Ritratto del pittore Moisè Kisling 1915 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano   Born January 22 1891 Kraków (Poland)…

A Polish Nobleman (1637)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Polish Nobleman 1637 Oil on panel. 96.8 x 66 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for…

Frédéric Chopin

(1810–1849) Works: • Nocturnes • Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1830) • Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 (1844) Chopin in Art: Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin 1909 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg   Born…