Halina Chrostowska

Halina Chrostowska (25 July 1929 – 22 April 1990), also known as Halina Chrostowska-Piotrowicz, was a Polish visual artist, graphic artist, printmaker, activist, educator, and illustrator.

Biography Halina Chrostowska was born on 25 July 1929 in Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (now Poland). She was the daughter of noted artist, Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski. Chrostowska studied painting and printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1946 to 1950) under .

After graduation she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw's faculty of graphic arts from 1950 to 1989.

Exhibitions

1955, International competition and exhibition organized during the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students (2nd prize and silver medal) 1959, 1st Biennale of Young Artists, Paris, France 1960, 2nd International Graphic Design Biennale, Tokyo (Ohara Museum Prize) 1961, 6th São Paulo Art Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil 1970, 2nd International Graphic Design Biennale, Florence Biennale, Florence (gold medal)