Jan Bohuszewicz Explained

Jan Bohuszewicz
Birth Name:Jan Bohuszewicz
Birth Place:Osowiec, Poland
Death Place:Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Nationality: Polish
Field:Painting
Training:Privately with Józef Rapacki in Warsaw

Jan Bohuszewicz (born 7 February 1878 in Osowiec; died 13 February 1935 in Santa Margherita Ligure) was a Polish painter.[1]

Jan Bohuszewicz studied painting with Józef Rapacki in Warsaw. He took an active part in the Revolution of 1905, following which he moved to Zakopane, to flee repression. Due to health problems, he settled in Genoa, from which he went on numerous artist travels inter alia to Venice, Liguria, Chioggia, and Piedmont.[2]

In 1920, he visited Poland during an independent exhibition at the Society of the Incentive for Fine Arts (Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych). Two years later, his artwork was exhibited at the Association France-Pologne, were about fifty of his artworks were put up on display as part of the exhibition.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan BOHUSZEWICZ. Altius. 21 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Biography. Koneser Kraków. 21 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Jan Bohuszewicz. Agra Art. 21 October 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040751/http://www.agraart.pl/nowe/artists/bohuszewicz-jan-polska-agra-art-aukcje-obrazy-antyki.html. dead.