Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw is a public university of visual and applied arts located in the Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 capital

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

. The Academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw University in 1812. As a separate institution it was founded in 1844 during the Partitions of Poland

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...

. In an upgrade in 1904 it was named the Warsaw School of Fine Arts; and in 1932 it received recognition as an Academy.

Faculties

• Faculty of Painting
• Faculty of Sculpture
• Faculty of Graphic Arts
• Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art
• Faculty of Interior Design
• Faculty of Design

Notable students and faculty

• Antoni Słonimski (1895–1976)
• Piotr Abraszewski
  Piotr Abraszewski
  Piotr Abraszewski was a Polish painter born in Zamość, Poland. From 1928 to 1934 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with Professor M. Kotarbinski, and in 1935 he became Assistant Professor at the Academy...
  
   (1932–1939)
• Marian Czapla
  Marian Czapla
  Marian Czapla is a Polish painter and graphic artist.Born on July 28, 1946 in Gacki near Szydłów, Czapla graduated from the School of Plastic Arts in Kielce...
  
   (1946–)
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
  Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
  Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis , also known as M. K. Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian painter and composer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. During his short life he composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings...
  
  or Czurlanis in Polish (1875–1911)

External links

Homepage of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw