Walery Rzewuski
Illustration — Walery Rzewuski photographed in his own studio 1880s Walery Rzewuski (14 April 1837, in Kraków – 18 November 1888, in Kraków) was a Polish photographer, social activist and an alderman in Kraków. Rzewuski is considered to be one of Poland's most important 19th-century photographers. He was the author of many portraits of cultural figures, scientists, nobles, entrepreneurs and members of government.
Walery Rzewuski
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- Walery Rzewuski was born on 14 April 1837. · Kraków.
- Died
- Walery Rzewuski died on 18 November 1888. · Kraków.
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- photographer.
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Illustration — Walery Rzewuski photographed in his own studio 1880s Walery Rzewuski (14 April 1837, in Kraków – 18 November 1888, in Kraków) was a Polish photographer, social activist and an alderman in Kraków. Rzewuski is considered to be one of Poland's most important 19th-century photographers. He was the author of many portraits of cultural figures, scientists, nobles, entrepreneurs and members of government.
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The State Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków is named after Rzewuski.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Kraków. Work by Walery Rzewuski is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum.
Walery Rzewuski, Aleksander Kotsis, MHF 40570 F 1 (MuFo)
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Walery Rzewuski, Zofia Arturowa Potocka, MHF 1854 II 1 (MuFo)
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1837
Walery Rzewuski was born on 14 April 1837.
1888
Walery Rzewuski died on 18 November 1888.
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Walery Rzewuski was born at Kraków.
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Walery Rzewuski died at Kraków.
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- 1.Wanda Mossakowska, Walery Rzewuski (1837-1888) fotograf. Studium warsztatu i twórczości, Wrocław 1981, p. 10.
- 2.Ewa Manikowska. Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms: Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867–1945). Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. p.45.
- 3.MHF w Krakowie. Misja Muzeum Historii Fotografii im. Walerego Rzewuskiego. 2010.
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