Janina Garycka
Janina Garycka | |
|---|---|
 Janina Garycka | |
| Born | 26 November 1920 |
| Died | 5 December 1997 (aged 77) Kraków |
| Known for | cabaret, painting |
| Movement | Piwnica pod Baranami |
Janina Garycka (26 November 1920 – 5 December 1997) was a set designer and painter, artist of Piwnica pod Baranami and life partner of Piotr Skrzynecki.[1][2]
Biography
She was the daughter of Franciszek Garycki and Zofia née Pick.[1][2] She spent her childhood years in Kraków's Podgórze district.[2] She graduated from a girls' high school in Katowice.[2] She passed matura exam in 1938.[2]
Also in 1938, she began studying Polish at the Jagiellonian University.[1] Her studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.[1][2] She continued her studies during the Nazi occupation at clandestine university classes, which she also co-organized.[1] At the same time, she studied drawing.[1] She was active in the resistance movement, in the Żel-bet formation of the Home Army, as a liaison with the rank of second lieutenant.[2]
After the war, she studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and completed her studies in Polish; based on her master's thesis Techniki opisu przyrody u polskich poetów baroku, written under the supervision of Kazimierz Wyka and Stanisław Pigoń.[1][2] Upon that thesis she obtained a doctorate.[1]
She became a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers.[2] In 1945 she started working as a set designer at the Rhapsodic Theatre in Kraków.[2]
She painted miniature portraits.[1]
She was buried at the Podgórski Cemetery.[3]
Documentary film
In 2003, a documentary film W jednym. O przyjaźni, miłości i śmierci Janiny Garyckiej directed by Antoni Krauze premiered.[1][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Janina Garycka". encyklopediateatru.pl. Archived from the original on 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "„Jestem trochę osobą kabaretową, trochę na serio" -relacja ze spotkania wokół Janiny Garyckiej (1920–1997)". ank.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Janina Garycka". filmpolski.pl. Archived from the original on 21 December 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "W jednym. O przyjaźni, miłości i śmierci Janiny Garyckiej". filmpolski.pl. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
Bibliography
- Łagocki, Zbigniew (1968). Piwnica. Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. p. 75.
- Zbigniew Łagocki, Maria Pyrlik, Leszek Wójtowicz (2003). Dom na Groblach. Rzecz o Janinie Garyckiej, Piotrze Skrzyneckim i Piwnicy pod Baranami. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe.
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