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b. 1912 - d. 2011

Wladyslaw Brzosko, a son of a Polish prisoner of the Czar of Russia, was born in Czyta, Siberia, in 1912. After the October Revolution of 1917 his father worked as a railway engineer and Wladyslaw spent his childhood travelling across Russia, China and Japan. While visiting an art museum in Vladivostok, Brzosko became fascinated by Russian landscape painter Ivan Aivazovsky and soon began to train as an artist. Upon his return to Poland in the 1930s, he enrolled in the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under Professors Kotarbinski and Skoczylas. During the years of German occupation, Brzosko participated in the Polish Underground (AK) and witnessed the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto in April and May 1943. The memory of this event haunted him for years after emigrating from Poland in mid-1950s. Brzosko devoted the next ten years to working on his "Warsaw Ghetto Series," an extensive cycle of paintings and drawings, as a tribute to the Jewish people.

After the war, Brzosko worked for several years as an architect and art conservator in the Gdansk area (northern Poland) while painting marine landscapes and other subjects. From 1956 to 1960, Brzosko lived in Paris among prominent artists and continued his painting. In 1960 he moved to New York City where, until recently, he maintained a studio on the Upper West Side. For seventeen years Brzosko supported himself as a night custodian at the New York Public Library and painted during the day. His devotion to his art was so absolute that he declined better job opportunities. Brzosko's body of work consists of numerous landscapes of New York City, Arizona, and Paris; portraits; still lifes and other genres. In addition to his oil paintings he completed countless preparatory sketches in ink, pencil and watercolor, which are in themselves distinguished pieces of art. Most of his early work perished during the war or was abandoned before escaping Poland in 1956.

In 1973, Brzosko’s portrait of Copernicus was exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution symposium celebrating the astronomer's 500th birthday. In 1984 he received a gold medal for his painting Artist in his Studio exhibited at the Salon des Nations in Paris. Since the 1940s Brzosko's work has been exhibited in Europe and in the United States (see his current exhibit at the Holocaust Memorial Center, December 2010-May 2011). Wladyslaw Brzosko died on May 26, 2011 in Arizona.

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Watercolor On Papersold
        Jun. 03, 2023

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Watercolor On Paper

        Est: -

        Titled: Nude Judy. Frame has scuffs & scratches. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Frame measures approximately 24.5in x 30.5in. Image measures approximately 17.5in x 23in. NR8983 SA

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko Riverscape Oil Painting RIVERSCAPE WITH BARGES, HUDSON RIVERsold
        Jun. 03, 2023

        Wladyslaw Brzosko Riverscape Oil Painting RIVERSCAPE WITH BARGES, HUDSON RIVER

        Est: $500 - $700

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011); Title: "Riverscape With Barges, Hudson River"; Medium: Oil painting on canvas; Year or Era Produced: 1964; Signature: Lower right; Sight Area Approximate Measurement: 23.5" x 33.75"; Frame Approximate Measurement: 24.75" x 35.125" x 1.75".

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko Riverscape Oil Painting RIVERSCAPE WITH BARGES, HUDSON RIVERsold
        May. 14, 2023

        Wladyslaw Brzosko Riverscape Oil Painting RIVERSCAPE WITH BARGES, HUDSON RIVER

        Est: $500 - $700

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011); Title: "Riverscape With Barges, Hudson River"; Medium: Oil painting on canvas; Year or Era Produced: 1964; Signature: Lower right; Sight Area Approximate Measurement: 23.5" x 33.75"; Frame Approximate Measurement: 24.75" x 35.125" x 1.75".

        Worthington Galleries
      • WLADYSLAW BRZOSKO "WOMAN IN BLUE" OIL ON CANVASsold
        Jan. 29, 2023

        WLADYSLAW BRZOSKO "WOMAN IN BLUE" OIL ON CANVAS

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        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912 - 2011) "Woman in Blue" Oil on Canvas. Wladyslaw Brzosko was born in Siberia on October 23, around 1912. He was a third child of a Polish prisoner exiled by the Russian Czar. Following the Bolshevik uprising in 1917, Brzosko's family was freed, and he traveled with his father to Vladivostok, Tokyo and Northern China. He trained in post-impressionist and cubist traditions at the Warsaw Fine Arts Academy during the 1930s, and continued his artistic education in Paris, before moving permanently to New York City in 1960. Artist: Wladyslaw Brzosko Title: "Woman in Blue" Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Center Site Measurement: 44 x 26 in. Image Keywords: Modern, portrait, contemporary; Ref: BD1657

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      • WLADYSLAW BRZOSKO "SELF PORTRAIT" WATERCOLOR ON PAPERsold
        Jan. 29, 2023

        WLADYSLAW BRZOSKO "SELF PORTRAIT" WATERCOLOR ON PAPER

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        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912 - 2011) "Self Portrait" Watercolor on Paper. Wladyslaw Brzosko was born in Siberia on October 23, around 1912. He was a third child of a Polish prisoner exiled by the Russian Czar. Following the Bolshevik uprising in 1917, Brzosko's family was freed, and he traveled with his father to Vladivostok, Tokyo and Northern China. He trained in post-impressionist and cubist traditions at the Warsaw Fine Arts Academy during the 1930s, and continued his artistic education in Paris, before moving permanently to New York City in 1960. Artist: Wladyslaw Brzosko Title: "Self Portrait" Medium: Watercolor on Paper Circa/Year: 1978 Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Right Site Measurement: 20 x 16 in. Image Keywords: Modern, portrait, contemporary; Ref: BD1657

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Aug. 04, 2022

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $400 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Mar. 18, 2022

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $400 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Signed Wladyslaw Brzosko Watercolor On Papersold
        Jan. 08, 2022

        Signed Wladyslaw Brzosko Watercolor On Paper

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        Art measures 21W x 12H. Frame measures 27W x 18H. This amazing signed watercolor is in good condition with wear commensurate with age. Signed on the bottom right. Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011), a son of a Polish prisoner of the Czar of Russia, was born in Czyta, Siberia, in 1912. After the October Revolution of 1917 his father workedas a railway engineer and Wladyslaw spent his childhood travelling across Russia, China and Japan. While visiting an art museum in Vladivostok, Brzosko became fascinated by Russian landscape painter Ivan Aivazovsky and soon began to train as an artist. Upon his return to Poland in the 1930s, he enrolled in the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under Professors Kotarbinski and Skoczylas. During the years of Germanoccupation, Brzosko participated in the Polish Underground (AK) and witnessed the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto in April and May 1943. The memory of this event haunted him for years after emigrating from Poland in

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: Fort Tryon Park, New York, 1965 oilsold
        Dec. 02, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: Fort Tryon Park, New York, 1965 oil

        Est: $300 - $500

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish, 1912-2011): Fort Tryon Park, New York, signed and dated 1965, oil on canvas, framed

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Watercolor On Papersold
        Nov. 20, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Watercolor On Paper

        Est: -

        On Paper. Signed Towards The Lower Right Hand Corner. Frame Measures Approximately 18in X 24in. Art Measures Approximately 13in X 19in. Bh14384 Zh

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Watercolor On Papersold
        Nov. 20, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Watercolor On Paper

        Est: -

        On Paper. Signed In The Lower Right Hand Corner. Frame Measures Approximately 18in X 24in. Art Measures Approximately 13in X 19in. Bh14384 Zh

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Pencil On Papersold
        Nov. 20, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Pencil On Paper

        Est: -

        Torn At The Top As Seen. Frame Measures Approximately 22in X 26in. Art Measures Approximately 16in X 20in. Bh14384 Zh

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Nov. 19, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $400 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: Fort Tryon Park, New York, 1965 oilsold
        Oct. 21, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: Fort Tryon Park, New York, 1965 oil

        Est: $300 - $500

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish, 1912-2011): Fort Tryon Park, New York, signed and dated 1965, oil on canvas, framed

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: Fort Tryon Park, New York, 1965 oilsold
        Sep. 30, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: Fort Tryon Park, New York, 1965 oil

        Est: $300 - $500

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish, 1912-2011): Fort Tryon Park, New York, signed and dated 1965, oil on canvas, framed

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Aug. 27, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $400 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Aug. 19, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $400 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Original Drawingssold
        Apr. 10, 2021

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2011) Original Drawings

        Est: -

        (2pc) Lot. Largest Measures Approximately 2ain X 27in. Art Measures Approximately 13in X 19in. 1633 Zh

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Aug. 19, 2020

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $200 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Jun. 26, 2020

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $200 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Jun. 17, 2020

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $200 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        Jun. 06, 2020

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $200 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
      • Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2001) Charcoal Drawingsold
        May. 23, 2020

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (1912-2001) Charcoal Drawing

        Est: -

        Titled: Umschlagplatz. Medium // Charcoal On Paper //. Approximate Frame Size: 17in. X 21.5in. // Art Measures Approximately 10in. X 13in. Listed Artist Signed In The Lower Left Corner. // In Very Good Condition. Tm4492

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      • Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem Riversold
        May. 21, 2020

        Wladyslaw Brzosko: NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River

        Est: $200 - $800

        Wladyslaw Brzosko (Polish-American, 1912-2011): NYC.1962: Harlem II, Harlem River. 1962, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962, framed. Wladyslaw Brzosko was a Polish-American artist and political dissident. Prior to emigrating to New York in 1960, he worked as an art conservator for the Polish communist party while actively fighting for a free Poland. He is best known for his brightly colored, frenetic paintings of New York City.

        500 Gallery
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