Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
Illustration — A self-portrait of Kazimirowski Eugeniusz Marcin Kazimirowski (11 November 1873 – 23 September 1939) was a Polish painter, and member of the realism movement. He is best known for the first depiction of the Divine Mercy image in 1934, based on a request from Faustyna Kowalska and her confessor Michael Sopoćko.
Also recorded as Eugeniusz Marcin Kazimirowski
Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
Eugeniusz Kazimirowski · muzeumpodlaskie.pl · Public domain
- Born
- 1873 · Horishnia Vyhnanka.
- Died
- 1939 · Białystok.
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- painter · iconographer · artist
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow · Academy of Fine Arts and Munich
- Honours
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Languages
- Polish
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Illustration — A self-portrait of Kazimirowski Eugeniusz Marcin Kazimirowski (11 November 1873 – 23 September 1939) was a Polish painter, and member of the realism movement. He is best known for the first depiction of the Divine Mercy image in 1934, based on a request from Faustyna Kowalska and her confessor Michael Sopoćko.
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Eugeniusz Kazimirowski studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The recorded working language is Polish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Distinctions recorded are Gold Cross of Merit.
Kazimirowski studied painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts 1892–1897. He continued his studies in Munich, Paris and Rome. After World War I, he moved from Kraków to Vilnius. He taught at the Vilnius Teacher Training Institute and worked on theatrical design in Vilnius. He painted mostly landscapes and portraits. Kazimirowski's Divine Mercy was first shown in public at the Easter ceremonies of 25–28 April 1934, and the first Mass with the Divine Mercy image was celebrated by Rev. Michael Sopoćko at the Gate of Dawn church in Vilnius, on 28 April 1935 the second Easter Sunday, long before the Vatican approved the term Divine Mercy Sunday in 2000. Most of Kazimirowski's works were lost in World War II. He died in 1939 in Białystok.
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Eugeniusz Kazimirowski is recorded as having received Gold Cross of Merit.
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1873
Eugeniusz Kazimirowski born at Horishnia Vyhnanka.
1909
Madeleine in the garden is dated 1909.
1934
Divine Mercy (Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Vilnius).
1939
Eugeniusz Kazimirowski died at Białystok.
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Horishnia Vyhnanka.
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Białystok.
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- 1.Kazimirowski, Eugeniusz. www.porta-polonica.de.
- 2.A Divine Mercy Resource by Richard Torretto 2010 ISBN 1450232361 "The Image of Divine Mercy" pages 84-107
- 3.'Catherine M. Odell, 1998, Faustina: Apostle of Divine Mercy OSV Press ISBN 9780879739232 pages 85-95
- 4.Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy by Catherine M. Odell 1998 ISBN 0-87973-923-1 page 86.
- 5.Beato Michele Sopocko. www.divinamisericordia.it.
- 6.Immagine. www.divinamisericordia.it.
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