Władysław Jarocki

Władysław Jarocki studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Lviv Polytechnic. Training under Leon Wyczółkowski is recorded. Severyn Yulianovych Borachok, Maria Harasowska-Daczyszyn and Wiktor Zbigniew Langner are recorded as having studied under Władysław Jarocki. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is painting and travel. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Władysław Jarocki is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Hungarian National Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, National Museum in Warsaw and National Museum in Kraków. Distinctions recorded are Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog and Commander of the Order of the Crown.

Son of Vladimir and Franciszka (née Rogowska). Graduate of the C. K. V Gymnasium in Lviv. He studied at the Lviv Polytechnic, and then from 1902 until 1906 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and in Paris. He was a pupil of Józef Mehoffer and Leon Wyczółkowski. From 1921 to 1939 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He painted landscapes, folk and religious rituals, figures in regional costumes. He also painted during numerous trips (Hutsul region since 1904, Caucasus 1907, Podhale and Tatra Mountains since 1907, Baltic coast since 1922, Italy, etc.). Jarocki also created caricatures. He designed the sarcophagus of Jan Kasprowicz, and his paintings are also in the church in Harenda. In 1928, two of his works – Self-Portrait on Skis and Portrait of Jerzy Zulawski in the Mountains – were entered in the Olympic Competition for Art and Literature at the Amsterdam Games, but neither was awarded an honorable mention.

Władysław Jarocki is recorded as having studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Lviv Polytechnic.