Zygmunt Andrychiewicz (27 May 1861, Justynów – 1943,

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or Małków) was a Polish painter of portraits, landscapes, and

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scenes.

Biography

He began his studies at the Warsaw School of Drawing while working as a decorative painter. From 1884 to 1886, thanks to a scholarship from the "" (Society for Encouragement of the Fine Arts), he was able to continue his studies at the

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with

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (3 September 1828 – 23 May 1900) was a Polish historian and painter of the late Romanticism in Poland, Romantic era from Kraków, active in the period of the foreign partitions of Poland. He was a professor at the Jan ...

and

Izydor Jabłoński Izydor Jabłoński (born February 7, 1835, in Kraków, died November 13, 1905, therein) was a Polish painter, professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, friend and biographer of Jan Matejko. Biography In the years of 1848 to ...

.Biographical notes
@ Agra Art. From 1887 to 1892, another scholarship enabled him to go to Paris, where he attended the

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and the

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, under the direction of

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and

Tony Robert-Fleury Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 18378 December 1911) was a French painter, known primarily for historical scenes. He was also a prominent art teacher, with many famous artists among his students. Biography He was born just outside Paris, and st ...

and shared a studio with Władysław Ślewiński. He had major showings at the

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and the

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, as well as in Poland at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in 1886. From 1899 to 1918, he divided his time between Poland and France and made several visits to Italy. After 1918, he settled in Warsaw, where he became a drawing teacher at a girls' school and gave private lessons in his studio. After his retirement, he bought a house in the village of Małków, near his birthplace, and continued to paint landscapes. In 1929, he had a major showing at the "" in

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; celebrating ten years of Polish independence.

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