Jan Bohuszewicz (born 7 February 1878 in Osowiec; died 13 February 1935 in

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) was a Polish painter. Jan Bohuszewicz studied painting with Józef Rapacki in

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. He took an active part in the

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, following which he moved to

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, to flee repression. Due to health problems, he settled in

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, from which he went on numerous artist travels inter alia to

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, and

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. In 1920, he visited

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during an independent exhibition at the Society of the Incentive for Fine Arts (''Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych''). Two years later, his artwork was exhibited at the ''Association France-Pologne'', were about fifty of his artworks were put up on display as part of the exhibition.

Selected paintings

File:Jan Bohuszewicz - Cyprysy na stoku pagórka 1931.jpg, ''Cypresses on a hill''
(1931) File:Jan Bohuszewicz - Brama w słonku 1927.jpg, ''Gate in the sunshine''
(1927) File:Jan Bohuszewicz - Pejzaż nadwodny.jpg, ''Waterside'' File:Jan Bohuszewicz - Sylvia-s Red Suit.jpg, ''Sylvia's Red Suit''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohuszewicz, Jan 1878 births 1935 deaths 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists People from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Polish male painters Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Italy