Zygmunt Skwirczyński

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From the "Kunstschau" , in Die Muskete , July 2, 1908
The fixed stars of the Viennese operetta (1911)
Sejm MP (1931)
Karykatury sejmowe (1920)

Zygmunt Skwirczyński , also Sigmund Ritter von Skwirczynski (born 1868 ; died 1938 ) was a Polish cartoonist.

Life

There is almost no information about Zygmunt Skwirczyński. A few caricatures of him have come down to us that appeared in Austrian magazines during his time in Vienna. In 1908, for example, he reported on the current art show with several caricatures under the name Siegmund Skwirczynski in the humorous weekly Die Muskete , including a caricature of Klimt's picture of Adele Bloch-Bauer . During the First World War he signed up under the name Sigmund Ritter von Skwirczynski to work in the war press headquarters .

After the war he drew members of the Sejm in Poland in 1920, 1931 and 1935 in Warsaw under the name Zygmunt Skwirczyński.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A last look at the Golden Adele , at Neues Museum , May 2006 issue
  2. ↑ Sigmund Knights of Skwirczynski at AT Östa, search function. - The archive entry is awaiting assessment by a historian.
  3. ↑ Karykatury sejmowe (1920) , at Antykwariat Wójtowicz Kraków
  4. ↑ Senacie (1935) , at Muzeum Karykatury
personal data
SURNAME Skwirczyński, Zygmunt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sigmund Ritter von Skwirczynski
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH 1868
DATE OF DEATH 1938