Wilhelm Kotarbiński
Wilhelm Kotarbiński (1848–1921) was a Russian painter.
Also recorded as Vasili Kotarbinsky · Vasili Aleksandrovich Kotarbinsky · Vasily (Wilhelm) Alexandrovich Kotarbinsky · Wilhelm Alexandrovich Kotarbinsky
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Biography
Born at Nieborów in 1848, died in Kyiv in 1921.
Wilhelm Kotarbiński studied at Imperial Academy of Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw and Academy of Fine Arts of Rome. The recorded working language is Polish.
The field of work recorded is painting. Art Nouveau is recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome, Saint Petersburg and Russian Empire.
Work by Wilhelm Kotarbiński is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków and Kiev National Picture Gallery.
Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Stanislaus.
В. Котарбинский (справа второй) в компании М. Антокольского, П. Сведомского, И. Селезнёва, Н. Пимоненко, В. Поленова.
ЦГАМЛИ Украины (Ф. 1125. Оп. 2. Д. 329. С. 3) [1]
![Kiss of Medusa (also Pocałunek Meduzy; Der Kuss der Medusa; Поцѣлуй Медузы), facsimile of a woodcut by Wilhelm Kotarbiński (made in 1890 according to this site: [1] )](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Kiss_of_Medusa_-_Wilhelm_Kotarbi%C5%84ski.png/800px-Kiss_of_Medusa_-_Wilhelm_Kotarbi%C5%84ski.png)
Kiss of Medusa (also Pocałunek Meduzy; Der Kuss der Medusa; Поцѣлуй Медузы), facsimile of a woodcut by Wilhelm Kotarbiński (made in 1890 according to this site: [1] )
Wilhelm Kotarbiński · Biller Antik: [2]
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- Kyiv
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Nieborów
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