Wacław Szymanowski
First and last name
Wacław Szymanowski
Date of birth
1859, Warsaw
Date of death
1930, Warsaw
Wacław Szymanowski was a Polish sculptor and painter who worked in the spirit of Art Nouveau. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He was awarded a gold medal at the exhibition in Paris (1889) for the painting "Kłótnia Hucułów". In 1895 he completely abandoned painting in favour of sculpture. His best-known works include the monument of Fryderyk Chopin in Warsaw and the "Motherhood", also located in one of the parks in the capital. In his sculptural compositions, the motif of a human figure emerging from an indefinite mass is often visible.