Antoni Uniechowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antoni Uniechowski

Polish noble and illustrator

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1903

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 28-May-1976

Profession: painter

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Antoni Uniechowski

  • Antoni Uniechowski, of Ostoja coat of arms (23 February 1903 in Wilno - 28 May 1976 in Warsaw) was a Polish illustrator. Antoni Uniechowski was born in Wilno to Janusz Radogost-Uniechowski of the Clan of Ostoja and Zofia née Jelska.
  • He spent his childhood at the family house in Belarus.
  • As a child, he was often ill, as a consequence spending his time in bed constantly drawing.
  • As a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Uniechowski family lost its properties and the family was forced to move to Warsaw.In 1924-1930 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
  • He focused on posters, film and theatre scenography and most of all the book illustrations.
  • He made light ink illustrations enriched with watercolors or gouache.
  • He illustrated nearly 200 classic books published in Poland, e.g.
  • Voltaire's Powiastki filozoficzne (1948), Henryk Sienkiewicz's Potop (1949), Ignacy Krasicki's Monachomachia (1953), Stefan Zeromski's Popioly (1954), Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper (1954), Frances Burnett's A Little Princess (1959), Boleslaw Prus' Lalka (1962) and Emancypantki (1972).
  • He also illustrated numerous postcards, often with themes of Warsaw's architecture. He received numerous awards, including the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta awarded in 1955.
  • Antoni Uniechowski died on 28 May 1976 in Warsaw and was buried at the Powazki Military Cemetery.

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