Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Grunwald, Henryk |
Dates & places of birth and death |
ur. 14 stycznia 1904 w Warszawie, zm. 21 marca 1958 tamze Pochowany na Cmentarzu Powazkowskim w Warszawie w alei zasluzonych – grób nr 250/56 |
Nationality |
Polish |
Occupation |
illustrator, metalwork artist , painter, goldsmith, poet |
Notes |
W 1938 po raz pierwszy przedstawil na wystawie w Instytucie Propagandy Sztuki swoja bizuterie. Przygotowal i wykul kandelabry, patery, popielniczki do Palacu Brühla w Warszawie oraz ozdobne kraty w oknach klatki schodowej Palacu Rady Ministrów. W 1945 przygotowal projekt krat wypelniajacych arkady Grobu Nieznanego Zolnierza w Warszawie wraz z najwyzszymi odznaczeniami wojskowymi |
Publications |
Jako karykaturzysta zadebiutowal w 1936, w Szpilkach |
Places of residence |
Warsaw, Poland |
Role |
Artist |
Titles & Honors |
W 1947 zostal odznaczony Zlotym Krzyzem Zaslugi, a w 1949 Krzyzem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski |
Education |
Studiowal prawo na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim, malarstwo w Szkole Sztuk Plastycznych w Warszawie oraz we Francji jako stypendysta Funduszu Kultury Narodowej |
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