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Boleslaw Cybis
Polish, 1895 - 1957
Decorator, artist. Born in Wilno, Poland. Studied art at the School of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland. In 1937 was appointed instructor of art at the school of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland. He belonged to the artistic school of St. Lukes following in his artistic career the traditional methods of painting as used in the 16th and the 17th centuries. In 1933 one of his paintings was purchased by the Museum of Art in Dayton, Ohio. His works were exhibited in America since 1933. His first artistic exhibit took place at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1933; Chicago Museum of Art and in Museum of Art, Dayton, Ohio. Carnegie Institute exhibited his works in 1933, 1937 and 1938. He came to U.S. in 1939 to make two mural decorations for the Polish Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940. He also made beautiful mural decorations on three Polish transatlantic steamers, "Pilsudski," "Batory" and "Chrobry." Cybis executed beautiful fresco work in the Geographical Institute of Warsaw. He received a diploma at the International Fair in Paris for his artistic work. Few years before the World War II he specialized mostly in fresco painting. With his wife he executes in his studio in New York City beautiful ornamental decorations. His paintings were exhibited not only in Poland but also in Paris, Moscow, Leningrad, Munich, Geneva and Bucharest. Address: 400 West 118th Street, New York, N. Y.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943
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