Norbert Albert Czarnowski

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Norbert Czarnowski, creator of the "Nocturne" which was exhibited in the Art Institute in 1936, was born in Poland and came to Chicago as a young man of 18. During the war he joined the Polish army under General Haller's command, and fought that his motherland might be free. He brought back some stirring sketches from that experience. His art training was received at the Art Institute ; his inspiration for his work, from the tragic history of Poland, the persecution of his people which he himself experienced before he came here and his conscientious study of the masterpieces of the great Matejko.

Czarnowski has done a number of murals and paintings for Catholic churches in Chicago, Milwaukee and Cleveland. He has done some outstanding work in portraiture. The portrait of his mother which was exhibited with the Polish Arts Club is one of the most sensitively beautiful things he has done. His painting of Emilia Plater, a great Polish woman, adorns a special room dedicated in her honor in the Polish Women's Alliance building in Chicago.

In 1937 Czarnowski obtained from the Kosciuszko Foundation scholarships to study art in Poland. This opportunity was given them in recognition for creative work done on the decorations for the "Night in Poland" at the Drake Hotel in the spring of 1937.

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Norbert was born in 1897 and was a polish immigrant. He moved to the Chicago Illinois area and attended the Warsaw Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, and Chicago Fine Arts Academy. He also studied with Charles Schroeder and Oscar Gross. He worked as a painter, decorator, and teacher. Czarnowski exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. Norbert Czarnowski died on July 10th 1994 in Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas.

1918 Recruits for the Polish Army in France: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4J1W-BBMM