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Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts

Educational institution in Wrocław, Poland

Field	Value
name	The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Arts and Design in Wroclaw
native_name	Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu
image_name	Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu.jpg
image_size	250px
established	1946
type	Public
faculty	5 faculties
rector	Professor Wojciech Pukocz
logo	Eugeniusz_Geppert_Academy_of_Fine_Arts.png
province	Lower Silesian Voivodeship
city	Wrocław
country	Poland
campus	Urban
website
address	ul. Plac Polski 3/4, 50-156

The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Arts and Design in Wrocław () is a public institution of higher learning established in 1946 originally as the College of Fine Arts. From 2008 the university bears the name of Polish master-painter Eugeniusz Geppert.

History

In January 1946, on the recommendation of Poland's Minister of Culture and Arts, Eugeniusz Geppert was entrusted with the task of establishing the Higher School of Fine Arts in the city of Wrocław which had been ravaged by war. Two buildings were chosen to house the school: the pre-war Municipal School of Crafts and Art Crafts (now located at ul. Traugutta) and former State Academy of Arts and Crafts.

Staff of the newly formed institutions was composed of painters such as Leon Dołżycki, Emil Krcha, Stanisław Pękalski, Maria Dawska; painter, graphic artist and designer Stanisław Dawski, glass designer Halina Jastrzębowska, interior and furniture designers Władysław Wincze and Marian Sigmund, as well as ceramists Julia Kotarbińska and Rudolf Krzywiec. The following years brought the faculty and school graduates many successes at national and international exhibitions and art competitions. In 1957 emerged the already-historical Theatre of the Senses (Teatr Sensybilistyczny) combining happening action of experimental theater with the performance art.

Former Akademie für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, ul. Plac Polski 3/4

Since its inception the school bore the following names: College of Fine Arts (1946–1949), State College of Fine Arts (1949–1996), Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (1996–2008) and since 2008, the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Arts and Design.

Faculties

Faculty of Painting
- Department of Painting
- Department of Drawing
- Department of Painting in Architecture and Multimedia
Faculty of Sculpture and Art Mediation
- Department of Sculpture
- Department of Artistic Education
Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media
- Department of Printmaking
- Department of Graphic Designing
- Department of Media Art
Faculty of Ceramics and Glass
- Department of Ceramics
- Department of Glass
- Department of Ceramics & Glass Conservation and Restoration
- Department of Interdisciplinary Activities in Ceramics and Glass
Faculty of Interior Architecture, Design and Stage Design
- Department of Interior Design
- Department of Furniture Design
- Department of Design
- Department of Stage Design

List of rectors

Eugeniusz Geppert: 1946–1950
Mieczysław Pawełko: 1950–1952
Stanisław Dawski: 1952–1965
Stanisław Pękalski: 1965–1967
Tadeusz Forowicz: 1967–1980
Jan Jaromir Aleksiun: 1980–1982
Rufin Kominek: 1982–1984
Michał Jędrzejewski: 1984–1990
Andrzej Klimczak-Dobrzański: 1990–1993
Konrad Jarocki: 1993–1999
Zbigniew Horbowy: 1999–2005
Jacek Szewczyk: 2005–2012
Piotr Kielan: 2012–2020
Wojciech Pukocz: 2020–present

Notable alumni

Maciej Cieśla (born 1988), contemporary painter
Zbigniew Horbowy (1935–2019), glass artist
Zbigniew Kupczynski (born 1928), painter
Natalia LL (1937–2022), painter, photographer and performance artist, a pioneer of feminist art in Poland
Eugeniusz Molski (born 1942), artist, painter and sculptor
Lech Rzewuski (1941–2004), painter
Mira Żelechower-Aleksiun (born 1941), painter

References

"History of the Academy". Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw.

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