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.[1][2]

Halina Chrostowska
Halina Chrostowska in the 1960s
Born25 July 1929
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (now Poland)
Died22 April 1990 (1990-04-23) (aged 60)
Warsaw, Poland
Burial placePowązki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland
Other namesHalina Chrostowska-Piotrowicz
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Occupation(s)Visual artist, graphic artist, educator, illustrator, printmaker, activist
Years active1946 to 1989
FatherStanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski

Biography

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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.[3] Chrostowska studied painting and printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1946 to 1950) under Tadeusz Kulisiewicz [pl].[4]

After graduation she taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw's faculty of graphic arts from 1950 to 1989.[4] She found a printmaking studio in Warsaw in 1962, which remained open until 1989.[4] Her early work was within the social realism movement, followed by a move towards more formal and technical work.[1] She would combined various printing techniques, such as etchings combined with linocuts and woodcuts. Starting in 1968, she created colored prints, gradually blurring the boundaries between printmaking and painting.

She was a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers.[1] Her artwork can be found in the museum collections at the Museum of Modern Art.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Sitkowska, Maryla (November 2001). "Halina Chrostowska". Culture.pl. Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  2. ^ "Chrostowska, Halina". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00038047. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  3. ^ "CHROSTOWSKA-PIOTROWICZ Halina". artinfo.pl (in Polish).
  4. ^ a b c "Halina Chrostowska". Wirtualny Leksykon Biblioteki Głównej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  5. ^ "Halina Chrostowska". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2023-06-25.