Wojciech Weiss

Wojciech Weiss was a Polish painter, university teacher and graphic artist (1875–1950). He was born at Leorda and died at Kraków.

Also recorded as Wojciech Stanislaw Weiss; Wojciech Stanisław Weiss; Wojciech Weiß.

Wojciech Weiss in brief

Born
1875
Died
1950
Known for
painter, university teacher and graphic artist
Place of birth
Leorda
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Wojciech Stanislaw Weiss, Wojciech Stanisław Weiss and Wojciech Weiß. His recorded language was Polish.

He married Irena Weissowa.

Formation and teaching

Wojciech Weiss studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He trained under Florian Cynk, Izydor Jabłoński, Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Józef Unierzyski.

As a teacher, Wojciech Weiss is recorded in connection with Bronislav Hershovych Stashevsky. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Career and activity

Wojciech Weiss worked in painting and graphics. His work is associated with Expressionism, Symbolism and socialist realism.

Recorded position is rector.

Recognition and collections

Wojciech Weiss received Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Order of the Iron Crown (Austria). Work by Wojciech Weiss is held by National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków, Wawel Castle and National Museum in Poznań.

Catalogued works

46 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1896 to 1981.

Portrait of artist’s mother, dated 1900, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 837 MNW. Portrait of Stanisław Florek, railway official, dated 1902, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 5264 MNW. Consumptive, dated 1898, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 832 MNW. Springtime, dated 1898, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 3879 MNW. Evening, dated 1900, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 5359 MNW. Old man with chopped wood, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 842 MNW. Portrait of a woman in a red dress, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory 184318 MNW. Children, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 846 MNW. Portrait of Włodzimierz Perzyński, writer, dated 1901, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 833 MNW. Portrait of artist’s sister and her husband, dated 1908, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 847 MNW. Portait of August Iwański, dated 1910, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 4404 MNW. Portrait of Henryka Dłuska (1850–1936), dated 1910, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 844 MNW. Venus, dated 1916, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 836 MNW. Portrait of Irena, artist’s wife, in the garden, dated 1917, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 218 MNW. Trees, dated 1917, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 217 MNW. Nude, dated 1927, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 845 MNW. Female model, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 841 MNW. Landscape with hollyhocks, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 848 MNW. Female semi-nude – Dancer, dated 1923, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 152 MNW. Chambermaid, dated 1930, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 834 MNW. Self-portrait, dated 1931, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 838 MNW. In the garden, dated 1928, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 2416 MNW. Still life with fish, dated 1929, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 839 MNW. Goat against landscape, dated 1930, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 5177 MNW. Landscape of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, dated 1936, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 99 MNW. Manifesto, dated 1949, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory MP 5328 MNW. The Male Nude, dated 1896, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-1037. Melancholic, dated 1898, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-2158. Self-Portrait with Masks, dated 1900, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-877. Flower garden, dated 1900, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-907. The Model, dated 1901, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-852. The Nude, dated 1902, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-922. Bacchanalia, dated 1903, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-910. Portrait of Feliks Jasieński, dated 1903, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-902. The Demon, dated 1904, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-1476. Portrait of Janina Stanisławska, dated 1908, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-643. Portrait of Katarzyna Krassowska, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-1033. By Lightlamp – Portrait of Artist's Aunt, dated 1910, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-181. Nude in a Red Shawl, dated 1910, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-840. Landscape with Trees, dated 1910, held by National Museum in Kraków, inventory MNK II-b-273. Questions, dated 1981/2003, 1,215 slides, fifteen slide projectors, fifteen lenses, and eight dissolve units; continous loop, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.208. Felix Labisse, French Artist, and Cat, dated n.d. (1944/54), gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1954.1221. Night Effect, Salzburg, dated n.d. (1944/54), gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1954.1225. Clochard in Front of Department Store Window, dated n.d. (1944/54), gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1954.1217. Boy on Roller Skates, dated 1950, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1954.1219. Two Boys, dated n.d. (1944/54), gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1954.1220.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 5 named public collections.

National Museum in Warsaw: 28 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Museum in Kraków: 22 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Museum in Poznań: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wawel Castle: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

14 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Weiss, Wojciech, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Weiss, Wojciech Stanislaw, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Wojciech Weiss z wizytą u Chłapowskich – wielkopolski epizod w twórczości krakowskiego malarza, Modus Prace z Historii Sztuki, 2024. Wektor poetycki w biografiach artystów: Olga Boznańska, Wojciech Weiss, Jerzy Tchórzewski, Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka, 2019. ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL , AS A METHOD OF INCREASING TEACHING EFFECTIVITY, 2019. Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Future: Addressing Global Challenges with the International Network4Sustainable Nanotechnology., ACS Nano, 2021. Umbralisib, a Dual PI3Kδ/CK1ε Inhibitor in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Indolent Lymphoma, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2021. Tropoelastin Implants That Accelerate Wound Repair, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2018. Individually timed upper-limb post-activation performance enhancement improves 50 m front crawl performance in national-level swimmers., Scientific Reports, 2026. PO-07-050 EFFECTS OF LVAD SUPPORT ON RECURRENT VENTRICULAR ARRYTHMIAS AND ICD THERAPIES AMONG ADVANCED HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: COMPARING THE PIVATAL AND RAID TRIALS, Heart Rhythm, 2025. Associations Between Swimmers’ Dry-Land Lower- and Upper-Limb Measures and Butterfly Sprint Performance, Sports, 2025. Acute effects of an individually timed lower-limb post-activation performance enhancement protocol on 50 m front crawl performance and race kinematics in national-level swimmers, Scientific Reports, 2026. Helena Grabschrift-Taffet, a Krakow artist born in Tuchów, Folia Historica Cracoviensia, 2021. THE JAPANESE WOODCUT IN POLAND – ON THE JAPANESE ASPECTS OF THE BATTLE FOR NEW ART, Litteraria Copernicana, 2014.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Wojciech Weiss studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. training under Florian Cynk, Izydor Jabłoński and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz is recorded. Bronislav Hershovych Stashevsky is recorded as having studied under Wojciech Weiss. the recorded working language is Polish.

The field of work recorded is painting and graphics. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with Expressionism, Symbolism and socialist realism.

Positions recorded include rector.

Work by Wojciech Weiss is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków, Wawel Castle, National Museum in Poznań and Belvedere.

Distinctions recorded are Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Order of the Iron Crown (Austria).

Chronology

  1. 1875Wojciech Weiss born at Leorda.
  2. 1898Consumptive (National Museum in Warsaw).
  3. 1898Springtime (National Museum in Warsaw).
  4. 1900Portrait of artist’s mother (National Museum in Warsaw).
  5. 1900Evening (National Museum in Warsaw).
  6. 1902Portrait of Stanisław Florek, railway official (National Museum in Warsaw).
  7. 1950Wojciech Weiss died at Kraków.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Weiss, Wojciech Stanislaw, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Weiss, Wojciech, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Wektor poetycki w biografiach artystów: Olga Boznańska, Wojciech Weiss, Jerzy Tchórzewski, Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Wojciech Weiss z wizytą u Chłapowskich – wielkopolski epizod w twórczości krakowskiego malarza, Modus Prace z Historii Sztuki, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Wojciech Weiss.

    open access index · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Wojciech Weiss.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Wojciech Weiss.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q941359: Wojciech Weiss

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Wojciech Weiss”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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