Jacek Sempoliński (27 March 192730 August 2012) was a Polish

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, art professor,

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, and

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ist. Sempoliński was born in Warsaw. He studied painting at the

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw () is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital. The academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw University in the Duchy of Warsaw in 18 ...

. He taught at his alma mater from 1956. His works are held in the collections of Zachęta,

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, Warsaw, BWA Bielsko Biała, Starak Family Foundation

Selected exhibitions

* 2017 – Jacek Sempoliński, Gazing pictures, Manggha, Cracow * 2002 – ''A me stesso'', Zachęta, Warsaw * 1995 – ''Jacek Sempoliński. Malarstwo, rysunek'', Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw * 1983 – ''Jacek Sempoliński, Czaszka'', Poznań Museum of Art

Awards

* 1976 – Jan Cybis Prize, Warsaw * 1986 – Brother Albert Award, Warsaw * 2004 – The

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, Gdańsk * 2012 –

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(Zasłużony Kulturze – Gloria Artis) Medal, Warsaw

References

External links

Sempoliński profile on culture.pl

Sempoliński's works in Zachęta collection

Sempoliński's works in Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw collection

Sempoliński's works in BWA Galeria Bielska collection
20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 21st-century Polish painters 21st-century Polish male artists Polish draughtsmen 1927 births 2012 deaths Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Polish male painters {{Poland-painter-stub