Jan Wysocki Art

Jan Wysocki was born on February 7, 1873, in Mysłowice in Upper Silesia. In 1893, he went to Munich, where he began painting studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and in 1896 went to Paris for an annual study at the Julien and Colarossi Academy. Upon his return to Munich, he graduated from the academy in 1898. He then went on an artistic trip to Italy, where he met the sculptor Antoni Madyski, whose influence turned the brush into a chisel. In 1904, he returned to Silesia and founded a private school of art in Katowice. In 1908, he moved to Paris, where he exhibited a collection of medallions. They were also exhibited in Warsaw and Krakow. In the years 1917–18, he took part in the First World War as a cartographer. From that time came many excellent sketches of different places in Italy. In 1919, he returned to Poland, took part in the organization of artistic life in Bydgoszcz and Poznan as a professor of Sculpture and Bronze Faculty. In 1940, he returned with his wife to Silesia and worked in one of the factories in Sosnowiec as a worker. After 1945, he became president of the Association of Plastic Artists in Katowice. He has received numerous awards. He died on October 3, 1960, in Katowice; His grave is located in the cemetery on Francuska Street in Katowice. The highest artistic level was achieved by Jan Wysocki in medalry. For medals, devoted to outstanding Poles, historical events and genre scenes, he was awarded many times in Munich, Paris.