Karol Mondral
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| Born | Karol Mondral January 26, 1880 |
| Died | December 16, 1957 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | Painter |
Karol Mondral (1880-1957) was a Polish painter and graphic artist.
Biography
Karol Mondral was born on Januray 25, 1880, in Warsaw, to Jan Mondral and Maria née Paczuska.
Between 1894 and 1900, he studied at the Warsaw Drawing School (now the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw) with professors such as Wojciech Gerson, Jan Kauzik or Adam Badowski.
In 1902, Karol went to Kraków to continue his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, in the class of Leon Wyczółkowski.
In 1909, he traveled to Paris in order to perfect his technique of etching. During this time he made many trips to France and Switzerland, where he was looking for subjects for his works. At the same time, he created intensively, his works participated in exhibitions of Parisian salons. In Paris, Karol Mondral had two solo exhibitions, in 1919 at the Société Nationale and in 1921 at L'Association France-Pologne. In 1922, he returned to Poland and settled in Bydgoszcz, where he became the head of the Graphic Department at State School of Artistic Industry, he was the organizer of a vocational school for printers-printers. In 1931, he moved with his family to Poznań, where he took the position of a professor at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the State School of Decorative Arts. Until the outbreak of World War II, he headed the lithography and dry-engraving techniques studio. He belonged to Zwiazek Polskich Artystów Plastyki and artistic group Plastyka, in 1923 and 1930 he had individual exhibitions in Warsaw, and in 1928 and 1947 in Poznań. During World War II he lived in Warsaw, in 1945 he returned to Poznań and became a lecturer of graphic sciences at the State Higher School of Fine Arts[1], retired in 1950[2].
Buried at Cmentarz w Pyry w Warszawie.
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References
- ^ -mondral/ Karol Mondral, Desa.
- ^ Ed. Antoni Gąsiorowski, Jerzy Topolski, Biographical Dictionary of Greater Poland, Warsaw-Poznań, National Scientific Publishing House, 1983, pp. 491–492, ISBN 83-01-02722-3.