Barbara Massalska
Barbara Massalska (1 January 1927 – 20 March 1980) was a Polish artist and teacher at the State High School of Plastic Arts (SHSPA), Gdańsk (now Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts (pl:Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku)). In her youth she took part in the Warsaw Uprising as a member of the Gray Ranks. After graduating from the SHSPA in 1953, she continued to work at the school, where she directed workshops on murals and paintings.
Barbara Massalska

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- Name
- Barbara Massalska
- Born
- 1927
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Died
- 20 March 1980
- Place of death
- Gdańsk, Poland
- Education
- State High School of Plastic Arts
- Field
- Painting, Sgraffito, Mosaic, Stained Glass
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- painter
- Honours
- Armia Krajowa Cross · Army Medal for War 1939-45
- Languages
- Polish
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Barbara Massalska (1 January 1927 – 20 March 1980) was a Polish artist and teacher at the State High School of Plastic Arts (SHSPA), Gdańsk (now Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts (pl:Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku)). In her youth she took part in the Warsaw Uprising as a member of the Gray Ranks. After graduating from the SHSPA in 1953, she continued to work at the school, where she directed workshops on murals and paintings.
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Her artistic interests included mosaics, murals, sgraffitos, paintings, and stained glass. • Illustration — Sgraffito Long Market 26 In addition to her paintings being exhibited at national and international exhibitions and held in the collections at the Malbork Castle collection and at the National Museum, Gdańsk, she has stained glass windows in St Barbara's Church, Gdansk, and St Joseph's Church Gdansk. One of her sgraffito is on No. 26 Long Market: Lady on a horse and musicians, Gdansk.

The grave of Barbara Massalska at the Powązki Cemetery (section 176, row 2, grave 31, 32)
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• Name — Barbara Massalska • Born — 1927 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Died — 20 March 1980 • Place of death — Gdańsk, Poland • Education — State High School of Plastic Arts • Field — Painting, Sgraffito, Mosaic, Stained Glass
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- 1."Barbara Massalska" a Warsaw Uprising Museum webpage (retrieved July 18, 2013)
- 2."Obrazy Barbary Massalskiej", a Łomża museum webpage (retrieved July 18, 2013)
- 3.The Malbork Castle Museum. The Paintings Collection.
- 4.http://www.asp.gda.pl/Strona_archiwalna_Czerwiec2010/i/pliki-do-pobrania/60lat/ASP60str014-103.pdf (Accessed October 30, 2013)
- 5.Fundacja Gdańska. KOŚCIÓŁ ŚW. BARBARY. Gedanopedia.
- 6.Fundacja Gdańska. KOŚCIÓŁ ŚW. JÓZEFA (Stare Miasto). Gedanopedia.
- 7.Trojmiasto Gazeta: Sgraffito – wiesz co to takiego? A to gdańska wizytówka! (Accessed Oct 2013)
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