Wladyslaw chmielinski biography of christopher

While not exactly a household name, Wladyslaw Chmielinski’s work is well known within European art circles.

Jane Grimes recently brought in a painting  – a recent gift from her uncle --  by the Polish artist that she was hoping to have authenticated.

“My grandparents purchased this while with my uncle in May of 1964 from a gallery in Stockholm, Sweden,” she wrote in an email.

“I’d love to learn if this is a forgery or not since I hear that Wladyslaw Chmielinski’s work has been known to be copied.”

According to askart.com, “Wladyslaw Chmielinski (1911-1979) was born in Warsaw and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts between 1926 and 1931.

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His preferred media were oil and watercolor, which he used for his earliest works dating from the years 1935 to 1938. His central motif was Polish architecture, which he discovered, for instance, in Sandomierz or Krakow. He also painted interiors of historic churches and palaces such as the Royal