Marek Mielniczuk

Marek Anatol Mielniczuk (born 11 August 1946 in Warsaw) is a Polish art dealer, antiquarian and art collector, active since the 1980s on both the French and Polish art markets. He was the owner of art galleries in Paris and Warsaw, and an advisor to collectors. He has been an art dealer and one of the promoters of the École de Paris.

Life and work His father was Anatol Mielniczuk (born 21 July 1910 in Radziwiłłów, Volhynia – died 19 July 1981), who before World War II was associated with the Eastern Institute in Warsaw. He worked for the Polish Red Cross and took part in the Warsaw Uprising under the pseudonym "Czarny". The mother of Marek Mielniczuk was Maria Katarzyna Anna Sieniawska.

He attended the Tadeusz Reytan High School in Warsaw. He became a collector during his final years at school. In 1969, he graduated from the Main School of Planning and Statistics (SGPiS, now the Warsaw School of Economics, SGH) in Warsaw, receiving a master's degree in economics from the Faculty of Trade. On 27 July 1984, he left for Paris. He bought Polish-related works at flea markets, including a portrait of Jan Reszke, a painting by Paweł Merwart, Flowers by Gustaw Gwozdecki, and a painting by Olga Boznańska. He also searched for Polonica through advertisements in the press. On 2 January 1986, he founded his own art gallery in Paris – Galerie Marek – initially located in the Louvre des Antiquaires, At the opening, a Chopin concert was performed by Ewa Osińska. He received the Vieilles Maisons Françaises award for this restoration. The château was also rented for weddings and hosted classical music concerts. The rooms, four and a half meters high, were heated by fireplaces three and a half meters wide. At that time, he also considered buying the “little château” in Doëlan, Brittany, where Władysław Ślewiński had worked. For personal reasons, in 2000 Mielniczuk sold the property to new owners, who continued its restoration and kept it opened for cultural and tourist purposes.

Statements and publications Co ma wisieć? Gust polski – interview, Gazeta Wyborcza – Duży Format, 2005