About Maurycy Minkowski
Lived 1881 – 1930 (aged 48–49). Maurycy Minkowski was a Polish painter.
Maurycy Minkowski (1881/82, Warsaw – 23 November 1930, Buenos Aires) was a Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, best known for his genre scenes of daily life in the shtetls.
Biography
He was born to a wealthy family. An illness he had when he was a small child left him deaf and without speech. At the age of seven, he entered the "" and showed an early talent for drawing, which encouraged his parents to pay for private lessons. In 1901, he began his formal studies at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, where he was a student of Józef Mehoffer, Jan Stanisławski and Leon Wyczółkowski.
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Who was Maurycy Minkowski?
Polish painter
When was Maurycy Minkowski born?
Maurycy Minkowski was born in 1881 in Warsaw.
When did Maurycy Minkowski die?
Maurycy Minkowski died on 23 November 1930 in Buenos Aires.
What was Maurycy Minkowski's occupation?
Maurycy Minkowski was a painter.
What nationality was Maurycy Minkowski?
Maurycy Minkowski was Polish.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Maurycy Minkowski
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