Xawery Dunikowski
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Dunikowski was born in [[Kraków]], a city he had an affinity for and would also use as the basis for a collection of art. When he was twelve his family moved to [[Warsaw]], and after finishing his education in a technical school he studied sculpture under [[Boleslaw Syrewicz]] and [[Leon Wasilkowski]]. At twenty one, Dunikowski moved back to Kraków to study sculpture at the School of Fine Arts under [[Konstanty Laszczka]], admirer of [[Auguste Rodin]], and under |
Dunikowski was born in [[Kraków]], a city he had an affinity for and would also use as the basis for a collection of art. When he was twelve his family moved to [[Warsaw]], and after finishing his education in a technical school he studied sculpture under [[Boleslaw Syrewicz]] and [[Leon Wasilkowski]]. At twenty one, Dunikowski moved back to Kraków to study sculpture at the School of Fine Arts under [[Konstanty Laszczka]], admirer of [[Auguste Rodin]], and under {{interlanguage link|Alfred Daun|pl}}. He studied painting with [[Jan Stanisławski (painter)|Jan Stanisławski]] and after being enrolled for three years, he graduated with honors.[https://books.google.com/books?id=QjtehV6dFZ4C&dq=%22Konstanty+Laszczka%22&pg=PA294 ''Figuration/abstraction: stratégies for public sculpture in Europe, 1945-1968'' by Charlotte Benton] |
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In 1902 Dunikowski began teaching sculpture at the [[Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw]], a professorship he would hold until 1909 when he was appointed the Chair of Sculpture Department at the [[Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts]] in Kraków. |
In 1902 Dunikowski began teaching sculpture at the [[Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw]], a professorship he would hold until 1909 when he was appointed the Chair of Sculpture Department at the [[Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts]] in Kraków. |
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