Halina Chrostowska Explained

Halina Chrostowska
Other Names:Halina Chrostowska-Piotrowicz
Birth Date:25 July 1929
Birth Place:Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (now Poland)
Death Place:Warsaw, Poland
Burial Place:Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland
Education:Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Occupation:Visual artist, graphic artist, educator, illustrator, printmaker, activist
Years Active:1946 to 1989
Father:Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski

Halina Chrostowska (25 July 1929 – 22 April 1990), also known as Halina Chrostowska-Piotrowicz, was a Polish visual artist, graphic artist, printmaker, activist, educator, and illustrator.[1] [2]

Biography

Halina Chrostowska was born on 25 July 1929 in Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (now Poland). She was the daughter of noted artist, Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski.[3] Chrostowska studied painting and printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1946 to 1950) under .[4]

After graduation she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw's faculty of graphic arts from 1950 to 1989. She found a printmaking studio in Warsaw in 1962, which remained open until 1989. Her early work was within the social realism movement, followed by a move towards more formal and technical work. She would combined various printing techniques, such as etchings combined with linocuts and woodcuts. Starting in 1968, she created colored prints, gradually blurring the boundaries between printmaking and painting.

She was a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers. Her artwork can be found in the museum collections at the Museum of Modern Art.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sitkowska . Maryla . November 2001 . Halina Chrostowska . 2023-06-25 . Culture.pl . Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland . en.
  2. Web site: Chrostowska, Halina . limited . 2023-06-25 . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . . en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00038047.
  3. Web site: CHROSTOWSKA-PIOTROWICZ Halina . artinfo.pl . pl.
  4. Web site: Halina Chrostowska . 2023-06-25 . Wirtualny Leksykon Biblioteki Głównej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie . pl.
  5. Web site: Halina Chrostowska . 2023-06-25 . The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) . en.