Aleksander Jędrzejewski

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAleksander•Jędrzejewski
Used nameAleksander•Jędrzejewski
Born14 September 1903 in Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr (UKR)
Died28 August 1974 in Wrocław, Dolnośląskie (POL)
NOC Poland

Biography

Aleksander Jędrzejewski studied painting in Warszawa from 1923-27 and joined the St. Luke’s Guild after graduation. Before World War II, he played in a mobile theater and designed stage sets. During the German occupation he had to work as house painter. After the war, he again started painting and designed stage sets in Łódź, Wrocław, where he was appointed professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts, and occasionally in Warszaw, often in collaboration with his wife, stage and costume designer Przeradzka-Jędrzejewska (1904-83).

As a painter, Jędrzejewski showed a very sensible feeling for color and brilliant technique. His favorite themes were scenes of small-town life, in which he concentrated on amusing and grotesque elements. For his stage decorations he cleverly used the technical facilities on the stage to execute his many ideas, and sometimes invented mechanical devices himself. His son Michał (*1934) also became a stage set designer. In 1959 Aleksander Jędrzejewski was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Cykliści (Cyclists_) was painted in 1935 in oil on canvas and is now in the National Museum in Warszawa.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions POL Aleksander Jędrzejewski
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC