DOI issue:
Stefan Miszczak: 29.10.2926 - 9.04.2004
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18950#0231
Stefan Miszczak
29.10.1926-9.04.2004
He was a son of Stefan, musician and composer of the folk musie, and
Wanda, a ballet dancer. He also chose an artistic career, entering the college
of visual arts in Warsaw (1946-1948). After graduation he did not pursue the
study of art, but after his father death in a car accident, he began in 1949 to
work in a workshop preparing the models for projects for rebuilding the
destroyed monuments of Warsaw and for the planned new settlements
(Miastoprojekt Stolica). He learned there all the arcana of model-making.
He also met there his futurę wife Alicja, with whom he had two children.
In 1956 he joined the staff of the National Museum in Warsaw as an
assistant restorer in the Ancient Art Department, and remained employed
there until 1991, when he retired, but still worked for the museum on
temporary basis. His work was supervised by several prominent restorers:
Stanisław Jasiewicz, Józef Gazy, Zdzisław Bąkowski, Jerzy Kozłowski, from
whom he learned the trade. He took part in such large projects as restoration
of the Faras murals, and also monuments of stone discovered there. Later he
specialized in restoration of the Egyptian coffins (under the supervision of
Jerzy Kozłowski) and completed the work on seven of them.
In the meantime he actively helped with numerous temporary exhibitions
in the museum and outside, in several Polish towns. In 1958 he assisted
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29.10.1926-9.04.2004
He was a son of Stefan, musician and composer of the folk musie, and
Wanda, a ballet dancer. He also chose an artistic career, entering the college
of visual arts in Warsaw (1946-1948). After graduation he did not pursue the
study of art, but after his father death in a car accident, he began in 1949 to
work in a workshop preparing the models for projects for rebuilding the
destroyed monuments of Warsaw and for the planned new settlements
(Miastoprojekt Stolica). He learned there all the arcana of model-making.
He also met there his futurę wife Alicja, with whom he had two children.
In 1956 he joined the staff of the National Museum in Warsaw as an
assistant restorer in the Ancient Art Department, and remained employed
there until 1991, when he retired, but still worked for the museum on
temporary basis. His work was supervised by several prominent restorers:
Stanisław Jasiewicz, Józef Gazy, Zdzisław Bąkowski, Jerzy Kozłowski, from
whom he learned the trade. He took part in such large projects as restoration
of the Faras murals, and also monuments of stone discovered there. Later he
specialized in restoration of the Egyptian coffins (under the supervision of
Jerzy Kozłowski) and completed the work on seven of them.
In the meantime he actively helped with numerous temporary exhibitions
in the museum and outside, in several Polish towns. In 1958 he assisted
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