# Leon Wyczółkowski

> Polish painter (1852–1936)

**Wikidata**: [Q943537](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943537)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Wyczółkowski)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/leon-wycz-kowski

## Summary

Leon Wyczółkowski was born on April 11, 1852, in Wola Miastkowska[1][2][3][4][5] and died on December 27, 1936, in Warsaw[6][1][7][2][3][4][8][5]. He held citizenship in Poland. His professional occupations included painter, graphic artist, draftsperson, and sculptor[1][5], working primarily in the field of painting as part of the realism movement.During his career, he held the position of rector from 1909 to 1910. He received numerous awards, including the Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, the Gold Cross of Merit, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He was buried at Wtelno.


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