Walery Rzewuski photographed in his own studio 1880s

Walery Rzewuski (14 April 1837, in Kraków – 18 November 1888, in Kraków) was a Polish photographer, social activist and an alderman in Kraków.

Rzewuski is considered to be one of Poland's most important 19th-century photographers.[1] He was the author of many portraits of cultural figures, scientists, nobles, entrepreneurs and members of government.[2]

The State Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków is named after Rzewuski .[3]

References

  1. ↑ Wanda Mossakowska, Walery Rzewuski (1837-1888) fotograf. Studium warsztatu i twórczości, Wrocław 1981, p. 10.
  2. ↑ Ewa Manikowska. Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms: Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867–1945). Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4725-856-77 p.45.
  3. ↑ "Misja Muzeum Historii Fotografii im. Walerego Rzewuskiego". MHF w Krakowie. 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
Rzewuski's mansion in Kraków c. 1885
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