Jan Cybis (16 February 1897 – 13 December 1972) was a prominent Polish painter and art teacher.

Biography

Cybis was born in Fröbel (now Wróblin, Opole Voivodeship,

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) and studied at the

Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public higher education, institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Polish fine art academy, established in 1 ...

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, settling in that city from 1934. The German Expressionist

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was his mentor. He studied under Józef Pankiewicz among others, developing a reputation for a post-impressionist style using rich, saturated color influenced by the French. In the 1930s Cybis was among the most prominent of the

Kapists Kapists or KPists (Polish: ''Kapiści'', from KP, the Polish acronym for the Paris Committee), also known as the Colourists, were a group of Poland, Polish painters of the 1930s who dominated the Polish artistic landscape of the epoch. Contrary to ...

or Paris Committee, a significant group of Polish painters of the time. His wife

Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa (1897-1988) was a Polish artist and teacher. Biography Rudzka-Cybisowa was born on 27 June 1897 in Mława, Poland. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she was taught by Miłosz Kotarbiński. In 1923 R ...

(1897–1988) was a notable painter in her own right and also active as a Kapist. Among other recognitions, Cybis was awarded the Polish communist government's

Order of the Banner of Work The Order of the Banner of Labour () was a governmental award in Poland during the 20th-century era of the Polish People's Republic, a former Marxist-Leninist state. The order was established by the Sejm (a chamber of the Polish parliament) on 2 ...

in 1949 and the

Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland The Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (Polish: ''Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej'') is a former Polish civil state award established by the Council of State on 23 May 1954 to recognize services to the state. It was created to mark ...

in 1955, although during the Socialist Realism period Cybis was prevented from teaching for ideological reasons. Among his notable students was Tadeusz Dominik. Cybis is buried at the

Powązki Military Cemetery Powązki Military Cemetery (; ) is an old military cemetery located in the Żoliborz district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. The cemetery is often confused with the older Powązki Cemetery, known colloquially as "Old Powązki". The Old Pową ...

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. His memoirs were published in 1980.

Jan Cybis Award

Since 1973 the

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(Polish acronym ''ZPAP'') has issued a prestigious annual Jan Cybis Award to Polish visual artists for creative achievement. Its recipients include: * 1973 Tadeusz Dominik * 1974 Krzysztof Bucki * 1975 Jan Dziędziora * 1976 Witold Damasiewicz * 1977

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* 1978

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* 1979 Rajmund Ziemski * 1980

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* 1981 Barbara Jonscher * 1982 no award * 1983 Jacek Sienicki * 1984 Jerzy Tchórzewski * 1985 Jan Lebenstein * 1986 Jerzy Panek * 1987 Jan Tarasin * 1988

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* 1989 Stanisław Fijałkowski * 1990

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* 1991 Łukasz Korolkiewicz * 1992 Zbigniew Makowski * 1993 Henryk Błachnio * 1994 Jan Dobkowski * 1995 Ryszard Winiarski * 1996 Erna Rosenstein * 1997 Jerzy Mierzejewski * 1998

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* 1999 Tomasz Ciecierski * 2000 Teresa Pągowska * 2001 Jadwiga Maziarska * 2002 Jacek Waltoś * 2003 Aleksandra Jachtoma * 2004 Jarosław Modzelewski * 2005 Jerzy Kałucki * 2006

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* 2007 Roman Owidzki * 2008 Tomasz Tatarczyk * 2009 Robert Maciejuk * 2010 Ryszard Grzyb

References

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