Kazimierz Ostrowski

Kazimierz Ostrowski studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. The recorded working language is Polish. Work by Kazimierz Ostrowski is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Gold Cross of Merit.

• Name — Kazimierz Ostrowski • Born — 14 February 1917 • Birthplace — Berlin • Died — 12 July 1999 • Place of death — Gdynia • Spouse — Halina Krywald • Children — 2 • Relatives — Kazimierz Zygmunt (brother)

Kazimierz Ostrowski was born on February 14, 1917, in Berlin. In 1920, his family moved to Poznań. In 1934, Ostrowski left for Gdynia where together with his brother Zygmunt he painted signs and names of ships (among others SS Kościuszko and MS Batory). After World War II in 1945, he reported together with his father and two brothers to the Urban Office in Gdynia where he was given the task of changing the street names and signs on the buildings of State institutions. In the same year he began his painting studies at the Academy of the Fine Arts in Sopot. In 1949, he received a scholarship from the French government to study in Paris where he apprenticed to the famous French painter Fernand Léger. In 1950, he came back to Gdynia and married Halina Krywald, with whom he had two children. From 1964 to 1987, he was professor in the painting atelier at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. In October 1981, he received the title of associate professor. Ostrowski presented his paintings on more than 60 individual and collective exhibitions. He was awarded with approximately 20 different awards.