Wojciech Weiss
(1875–1950) Polish painter (1875–1950)
Wojciech Weiss (Poland, 1875–1950) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Wojciech Weiss belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Wojciech Weiss was born in Leorda and died in Kraków. Wojciech Weiss trained at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The teachers included Florian Cynk, Izydor Jabłoński, and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz. Wikidata associates Wojciech Weiss with Expressionism, Symbolism, and socialist realism. The awards include Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and Order of the Iron Crown (Austria). The students included Bronislav Hershovych Stashevsky and Sławomir Karpowicz.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 36 works by Wojciech Weiss with free images. The dated works span the years 1896–1949. Works by Wojciech Weiss are held by National Museum in Kraków, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, and Zamek Królewski na Wawelu.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Maurycy Lilien, Zofia Atteslander, Harrison Fisher, Jenny Montigny, and Alfred Keller.