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b. 1921 - d. 2016

Janina Kraupe-Swiderska (January 27, 1921 - March 3, 2016) was a Polish painter and printmaker. A native of Sosnowiec, Kraupe-Swiderska was associated for much of her career with the avant-garde of Kraków, especially the group which had formed around the city's Kunstgewerbeschule during World War II; eventually she numbered Tadeusz Kantor, Tadeusz Brzozowski, Kazimierz Mikulski [pl], and Jerzy Nowosielski among her acquaintances. From 1957 she belonged to the Grupa Krakowska. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, eventually returning to the institution as a lecturer and professor and remaining on the faculty until 1980. A 1997 print by Kraupe-Swiderska is owned by the National Gallery of Art, and she is represented in the collection of the Olomouc Museum of Art.

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b. 1921 - d. 2016

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Janina Kraupe-Swiderska

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Janina Kraupe-Swiderska (January 27, 1921 - March 3, 2016) was a Polish painter and printmaker. A native of Sosnowiec, Kraupe-Swiderska was associated for much of her career with the avant-garde of Kraków, especially the group which had formed around the city's Kunstgewerbeschule during World War II; eventually she numbered Tadeusz Kantor, Tadeusz Brzozowski, Kazimierz Mikulski [pl], and Jerzy Nowosielski among her acquaintances. From 1957 she belonged to the Grupa Krakowska. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, eventually returning to the institution as a lecturer and professor and remaining on the faculty until 1980. A 1997 print by Kraupe-Swiderska is owned by the National Gallery of Art, and she is represented in the collection of the Olomouc Museum of Art.

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