Walery Rzewuski
Walery Rzewuski (14 April 1837, in Kraków – 18 November 1888, in Kraków) was a Polish photographer, social activist and an alderman in Kraków.
Rzewuski is considered to be one of Poland's most important 19th-century photographers.[1] He was the author of many portraits of cultural figures, scientists, nobles, entrepreneurs and members of government.[2]
The State Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków is named after Rzewuski .[3]
References[]
- ^ Wanda Mossakowska, Walery Rzewuski (1837-1888) fotograf. Studium warsztatu i twórczości, Wrocław 1981, p. 10.
- ^ Ewa Manikowska. Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms: Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867–1945). Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4725-856-77 p.45.
- ^ "Misja Muzeum Historii Fotografii im. Walerego Rzewuskiego". MHF w Krakowie. 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
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