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In , artist Feliks Topolski RA (–) was commissioned by the Bank of England to sketch everyday life at its newly opened printing.
Feliks Topolski was born in Warsaw, Poland on 14 August and trained at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.!
Feliks Topolski
Polish-British artist (1907–1989)
Feliks Topolski | |
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Topolski photographed in 1973 by Allan Warren | |
| Born | 14 August 1907 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 24 August 1989(1989-08-24) (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw |
| Known for | Painting |
Feliks TopolskiRA (14 August 1907 – 24 August 1989) was a Polish expressionist painter and draughtsman working primarily in the United Kingdom.[1]
Biography
Feliks Topolski was born on 14 August 1907 in Warsaw, Poland.
He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and trained as an artillery officer.[2] Later he studied and worked in Italy and France, and eventually he moved to Britain in 1935 after being commissioned to record King George V's silver jubilee.
He opened a studio near Waterloo station, which later became an exhibition and then a café-bar featuring his art. He married twice, first to Marian Everall and then Caryl J. Stanl