Oscar Sosnowski

artista polacco Tomasz Oskar Sosnowski

(1810-1886)

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Tomasz Oskar Sosnowski (b. October 12, 1810 in Nowomalinie in Volyn, d. January 27, 1886 in Rome) – Polish sculptor.

Son of Stanislaw and Kastyldy. He graduated from High School Krzemieniec. He participated in the November Uprising. In the years 1833-1835 he continued his studies in Warsaw. He studied drawing at Antoni Blank and sculptures in Paul Malinski. The next step in the development of the artist’s former studio in Berlin under the direction of Christian Rauch and in Rome in the studio of Pietro Tenerani. In 1843 he came to Warsaw to three years to go to Rome. Here was a professor of sculpture at the Academy of St. Luke. He remained in exile for life.