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Place of Birth: 1st arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Alfred Swieykowski
- Alfred Swieykowski (1869–1953) was a French painter of Russo-Polish descent.
- He studied under Fernand Cormon and Paulin Bertrand in Paris.
- He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais (1894–1921), receiving an award in 1896 and another for the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900.
- He became member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and exhibited at its Salon from 1926 to 1943.
- He sat in the jury of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1927 and won a silver medal in 1937 at the Exposition Internationale.Post-Impressionist, throughout his life he adopted at first a classic technique then a personal impressionist style, at times bordering on fauvism.
- He tackled a wide range of subjects but specialised in the landscapes of Paris, Normandy, Brittany and especially the Alps.
- An Aristocrat, he only signed the numerous paintings designed for exhibition, and often either exchanged or gave away his work so he was quite unknown in the art world.
- The 'Association des Amis d'Alfred Swieykowski' was formed in 2004, a non-profit group that locates and exhibits his paintings.
- Some 600 have been found so far.
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