Eugeniusz Marcin Kazimirowski (11 November 1873 – 23 September 1939 in

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) was a Polish painter, and member of the realism movement. He is best known for the first depiction of the Divine Mercy image in 1934, based on a request from Faustyna Kowalska and her confessor Michael Sopoćko.''Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy'' by Catherine M. Odell 1998 page 86

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Kazimirowski studied painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts 1892–1897. He continued his studies in Munich,

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, he moved from

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. He taught at the Vilnius Teacher Training Institute and worked on theatrical design in Vilnius. He painted mostly landscapes and portraits. Kazimirowski's ''Divine Mercy'' was first shown in public at the Easter ceremonies of 25–28 April 1934, and the first Mass with the Divine Mercy image was celebrated by Rev. Michael Sopoćko at the Gate of Dawn church in Vilnius, on 28 April 1935 the second Easter Sunday, long before the Vatican approved the term ''

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'' in 2000.''Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy'' by Catherine M. Odell 1998 page 102-103 Most of Kazimirowski's works were lost in World War II.El pintor Eugenio Kazimirowski
. La Congregación de las Hermanas de Jesús Misericordioso

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1873 births 1939 deaths 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Artists from Białystok Divine Mercy (Catholic devotion) Polish male painters Unsolved deaths

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