Eugeniusz Waniek

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Eugeniusz Waniek (born 28 October 1906 in Ustrzyki Dolne, died 19 April 2009 in Cracow) is a Polish painter.

Childhood and youth spent in Ustrzyki Dolne. He studied (from 1926) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, in the studios of Władysław Jarocki, Teodor Axentowicz, Fryderyk Pautsch and Karol Frycz. He belonged to the group of Polish formers. During his studies he joined the Krakow Group, with whom he exhibited in 1934 in Krzemieniec (he was the last surviving member of this group, which he left at the end of 1934). At that time his work was highly appreciated by art theorist and painter Leon Chwistek. In the second half of the 1930s he was engaged in the production of polychrome and interior decoration. After the outbreak of World War II he entered the Home Army, where he worked until the end of the war under the name Baśka. He drew the export of the Polish population to Kazakhstan, documented the buildings, portrayed the inhabitants of Poles, Jews, Ukrainians. From 1946 he was a teacher at the Lycée of Fine Arts in Cracow, and in the years 1950-1977 lectured at the Academy of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts.

He has had dozens of exhibitions in Poland and abroad. His works are among others. National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Poznan, Museum of Art in Lodz, National Library in Warsaw. He lived in Cracow.

His works are done in a rational and cubist style. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Gold Medal of Merit of Gloria Artis (2006) and Cracoviae Merenti. He was an honorable citizen of Ustrzyki Dolne.

He was accompanied by photographer Agata Koszan, co-creator of My Kraków's Spring 2008 exhibition.

From May 28, 2010, Professor Eugeniusz Waniek is the patron of the District and Municipal Public Library in Ustrzyki Dolne. His image was unveiled on the southern wall of the building.

He was buried in the Alley of Merit of the Cracow Rakowicki Cemetery.

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