Wincenty Trojanowski
1859–1928 · Polish painter and sculptor
Wincenty Trojanowski (Warsaw, 1859 - Warsaw, 1928) was a Polish painter and sculptor whose career combined formal academic training with travel and periods of work in several European capitals. He is best remembered for his role in the artistic life of Warsaw and for his work as a medallist.
He trained in Warsaw between 1878 and 1880 under Wojciech Gerson and Aleksander Kamiński, then continued his studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg. From 1885 he spent a year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where his teacher was Alexander von Wagner.
In 1890 he travelled to the Near East, and in 1893 he settled in Paris, where he kept painting and for several years regularly submitted works to the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1900 he received a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition.
In 1904 he returned to Warsaw and, a year later, founded the Art School of Applied Arts (Szkoła Artystyczną Sztuki Stosowanej).
His known works include Female Nude on a Rock (1898) and Maximilian's Square in Munich (1890). As a medallist he produced pieces honouring Félix Faure, Hector Berlioz and Ignacy Baranowski.