Famous residents of Kazimierz Dolny and persons associated with

Famous residents of Kazimierz Dolny and persons associated with the
town
Casimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz III Wielki) (1310
built the castle and the Parish Church in Kazimierz Dolny. He is the main character of one of the town
legends, according to which he was in love with a beautiful Jewish girl, Esterka. It was she for whom he
allegedly built a small castle in a nearby town of Bochotnica, ruins of which are still present today.
Jakub Balin (died in 1623)
1590, where he served as a guildmaster. He reconstructed the Parish Church in Kazimierz Dolny, which
is confirmed by the inscription on the vault: Jacobus Balin Italius murarius Lublinensis faciebat Anno
Domini 1613. Since then, the church has served as a model for many churches constructed in a similar
manner.
Benedykt Jerzy Dorys (1901-1990)
one of the founders of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (Polish: Związek Artystów
Fotografików, ZPAF). The period of 1931-1932 marked the creation of his most famous series of
photographs, entitled
during his individual exhibition in 1960; from the late 1970s it was presented during the most prestigious
exhibitions of Polish photography abroad (New York City, Paris). This collection of photographs is one of
the most important achievements of the Polish interwar documentary photography.
Tadeusz Pruszkowski (1888-1942)
Kazimierz Dolny. Since 1930 he had served as the president of the Warsaw School of Fine Arts; he also
founded an art group called Fellowship of St. Luke the Evangelist (Polish:
which operated from 1925 to 1930. From 1923 to 1939, he organized annual open air painting events in
Kazimierz Dolny. In 1923 he built his own villa opposite the castle hill, where he had many students and
established artists as guests. In 1939, together with his students, he completed seven monumental
compositions in his studio, which presented major events from the history of Poland. In the same year,
the compositions added splendour to the Polish Pavilion during the 1939
During World War II, he provided help to the Jewish community; he was shot by the German Nazis.
Antoni Michalak (1899-1975)
1920s and the 1930s, as well as after World War II. He was the first of Pruszkowski
discover the ethnographic and folkloric values of Kazimierz Dolny in 1923. He received a scholarship
from the French Government which allowed him to complete a one-year training in France. He travelled
around Italy and Austria; however, he then decided to permanently settle in Kazimierz Dolny. He was
buried at the parish cemetery in Kazimierz Dolny.
Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895-1989)
Deputy Chairman of the PEN Club Poland. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, she and her husband
Jerzy Kuncewicz intended to settle in Kazimierz Dolny, so they built a house here, which they had to
abandon not long after the war started. She went abroad, where she also stayed after the war was over.
In 1968 they returned to Poland, and they moved back into their villa called
literary works, including Two Moons (Dwa Księżyce, 1933), on which movie director Andrzej Barański
based his 1993 film, and Letters to Jerzy (Listy do Jerzego), Phantoms (Fantomy) and Nature (Natura).
She was buried at the parish cemetery in Kazimierz Dolny next to her husband.
Edward Hartwig (1909-2003)
photographers. He exerted a major influence on the development of the Polish photography in the
1960s and the 1970s; he was a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (ZPAF). He was
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interested in painting, which noticeably influenced his photographs. He used various techniques (e.g.
gold bromide) when taking and developing photographs of Kazimierz Dolny
which was reflected in a number of his works.
Daniel Olbrychski (born in 1945)
stupendous roles. He worked for some of the major theatres in Poland (including the National Theatre
and Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw). According to one of his interviews, he believes that
fame, money, festivals, prizes, living in New York City, Hollywood and in Paris. But I feel good about
living by the Vistula River.
town of Mięćmierz, where he owns a summer cottage, or
not trade for any Beverly Hills villa.
Jan Wołek (born in 1954) - a poet, painter, musician, professional entertainer, and one of the masters of
songs performed by major Polish singers. Scholarship holder, awarded with numerous prizes and
distinctions (e.g. the Japan Foundation Scholarship, the Ministry of Culture and Art Scholarship). He was
a landscape painter who was very fond of the landscapes of Kazimierz Dolny and its architecture. He
exhibits his works at his own art gallery
documentary shows on the Polish television (TVP): Gość w dom (My home is your home) and Szept
prowincjonalny (Provincial Whisper, which is about Kazimierz Dolny and its surroundings).
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