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George Jaholkowski

George Jaholkowski (1914 - 1979) is known for Sculpture.

George (Jerzy Wladyslaw) Jaholkowski was born in Baku (now in Azerbaijan) in 1914. He grew up in Poland and studied Fine Art and Architecture at the University of Poland, and later also at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1936-1937).

Jaholkowski served with distinction in the Polish and British armies and the Polish Underground during WWII.  Jaholkowski worked in London as a graphic designer, draughtsman and sculptor. In the aftermath of the war, wood, stone and bronze were difficult for a sculptor to obtain, so Jaholkowski developed techniques of sculpting in metal.

After a commission for the South African Tourist Corporation in London, the artist and his wife Virginia, a concert pianist, immigrated to South Africa in 1955 and settled in Cape Town. He undertook further studies under Lippy Lipshitz and Maurice van Essche at the Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town, in the late 1950s.

Jaholkowski continued to work in metal, usually copper, whic   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1389 characters.]  Artist bio

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