Wojciech Weiss

Polish painter and draughtsman
Wojciech Weiss
Born4 May 1875
Leorda, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
Died7 December 1950
NationalityPolish
OccupationPainter
Notable work
  • Melancholic
  • Self-Portrait with Masks
  • The Demon
  • Manifesto
MovementExpressionism, Symbolism
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Wojciech Weiss (4 May 1875 – 7 December 1950) was a prominent Polish painter and draughtsman of the Young Poland movement.

Weiss was born in Bukovina to a Polish family in exile of Stanisław Weiss and Maria Kopaczyńska. He gave up music training to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Leon Wyczółkowski. Weiss originally painted historical or mythological paintings, but later switched to Expressionism after being profoundly influenced by Stanisław Przybyszewski. Weiss later became a member of the Vienna Secession. He was one of the first Polish Art Nouveau poster designers. Near the end of his life, he made several significant contributions to paintings of the Socialist realism in Poland.

Selected paintings

  • Short biography at Wojciech Weiss Foundation Museum Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  • Digital collection of artworks by Wojciech Weiss at the National Museum in Kraków
  • Digital collection of artworks by Wojciech Weiss
  • Extensive Essay and selection of paintings from Weiss Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
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