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Hilary Krzysztofiak was born on 28 October, 1926 in Szopienice, Poland, is an A 20th-century polish male artist. Discover Hilary Krzysztofiak's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

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Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 28 October, 1926
Birthday 28 October
Birthplace Szopienice, Poland
Date of death 30 September, 1979
Died Place Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Nationality Poland

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1926

Hilary Krzysztofiak (born 28 October 1926 in Szopienice, now a part of Katowice, died 30 September 1979 in Falls Church, Virginia near Washington) was a Polish painter, graphic artist and set designer.

Hilary was a son of Jan Krzysztofiak and Maria née Helwig.

1942

His mother was killed by the Germans in 1942 at Auschwitz concentration camp during the German occupation of Poland (World War II).

1943

During the war, he worked in the Uthemann's steelworks in Szopienice as an apprentice carpenter and as a student for 3 years of evening school (Abendschule für Bildende Künste), finishing in 1943.

1945

After the war he left for Warsaw where in 1945-1946 he went to art college.

1946

From January 1946, he worked as an extra in the Polish Theatre (Teatr Polski) in the first post-war production of Juliusz Słowacki’s Lilla Weneda.

In the same year, he produced his first theatre decorations for the production of The Story of Doctor Dolittle in the Puppet Theatre in Warsaw.

In September 1946, he was accepted in the State School of Fine Arts (later: Academy of Fine Arts) where he studied block design, architectural painting, studies of nature, decorative and wall painting, technology, painting and conceptual design.

As a student he worked for The Academic Theatre.

1950

In 1950-1951, Krzysztofiak started to co-operate with the literary-political magazine Po prostu where he published (among others) articles written with Lech Emfazy Stefański ("New Way of Visual Arts", 1950, no. 13, and "Talks of Realism on Visual Arts", 1950, no 3), criticized later at the Congress of Young Activists from Schools of Fine Arts.

1951

In spring 1951 he abandoned studies at the Academy in the course of working on his diploma (picture "Waryński before the Jury").

After leaving the Academy, Krzysztofiak went to Szklarska Poręba in the Karkonosze Mountains where he lived for four years, painting and working in various temporary positions not connected with art.

1953

In 1953, he joined other artists in Group ST-53.

It was seen as a symbol of the artist's rebellion in the post-Stalin era, a sign of the newly organized avant-garde.

The main purpose of the Group was self-education based on Władysław Strzemiński’s "Theory of Seeing".

1955

In 1955, Krzysztofiak returned to Warsaw and stayed at a flat in Tarczyńska 11 with L. E. Stefański, who in there ran together with Miron Białoszewski the famous Theatre at Tarczyńska.

In July–September 1955, he took part in the legendary National Exhibition of Young Artists under the banner: “Against War, against Fascism”, organized in the building of Warsaw Arsenal.

Krzysztofiak proposed three works and one was accepted: "Still Life", later known as "The Jaw".

At the end of 1955, he started working as a graphic editor for Po prostu where he worked until the magazine was shut down in 1957.

1956

The first public exhibition of the Group opened on 13 May 1956 in the Silesian Institute in Stalinogród (Stalin City), now Katowice.

On 27 July 1956, Krzysztofiak's first individual exhibition opened in the Warsaw discussion club Po prostu.

1957

In 1957, Krzysztofiak made a design for the Station of the Passion for the church in Nowa Huta but it was never realized.

1958

At the end of 1958, Krzysztofiak met his future wife, Krystyna Miłotworska, a journalist and later editor with Radio Free Europe.

1960

At the beginning of 1960, he became graphic editor of the biweekly Ruch Muzyczny and designed the magazine's covers.

1961

He designed decorations for three one-act plays directed by Krystyna Meissner within her director's workshop; the first night was 21 June 1961, in Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw.

The plays were Michel de Ghelderode’s Escurial, Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter and Sławomir Mrożek’s At Sea.

1963

In September 1963, Krzysztofiak took part in the First International Koszalin Open Air Workshop organized in Poland for the first time.

1964

In 1964, he worked for theatres in Opole and Białystok designing decorations for plays directed by L. E. Stefański and K. Meissner.

In that time he painted the series of sixteen pictures called "Białystok Totems".

1965

In August 1965, together with 39 artists from Poland and abroad, Krzysztofiak took part in the First Biennial of Space Forms in Elbląg.

The metal space forms made during the biennial were situated in the town.

1966

Krzysztofiak first went abroad to Paris in 1966.

There he made contacts with Polish emigrants, among them artists and writers such as Sławomir Mrożek and his wife Maria Obremba (a painter), Zbigniew Herbert, Jan Lebenstein, as well as with the Literary Institute “Kultura”.

During his stay in France, he exhibited his works in Paris at the Galerie Desbrières and in Marseilles at the Galerie Jouvens.

1968

In May 1968, Krzysztofiak went to the Netherlands to prepare an exhibition in Galerie De Graaf in Schiedam where he presented unknown pictures sent from Poland by his wife.

He then moved to Cologne where his wife joined him in December.

1969

In 1969, Krzysztofiak exhibited his paintings and worked as a stage designer; among others he made decorations for Mrożek's play The Turkey which had its first night on 10 May 1969 in the theatre in Düsseldorf.

That summer, together with his wife who had found work for Radio Free Europe, they moved to Munich.

After the first radio programme presented by Krystyna Miłotworska, the authorities in Warsaw decided to enter and liquidate Hilary's studio in Warsaw.

Everything, including all the paintings apart from three works found many years later, was destroyed.