Distinguished pictorialist photographer, trader by profession. He took interest in photography in 1922. The following year, he received a bronze medal at the Chiaroscuro exhibition in Poznań, in which he participated as an amateur. In 1926, he was admitted to the Association of Photographers in Poznań, and in 1930 he became its president and the youngest member of the five-person Seniors` Chapter of the Polish Photographic Club. In 1947, he joined the Photographic Society in Gdańsk, and in 1949, ZPAF. Together with Tadeusz Cyprian and Bolesław Gardulski, he established The Poznań Trifoliate Leaf group (Trójlistek Poznański). He took part in a number of international exhibitions, winning gold medals in Boston (1934, 1935, 1936), Warsaw (1935) and Vienna (1936), and silver medals in Ottawa (1926), Saragossa (1926), Riga (1927), Lucerne (1935), Warsaw (1937) and Vienna (1937), as well as 3 bronze medals and 8 diplomas. In 1938, Wański was decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit.
2nd half of the 1940s
gelatin silver print, 12.7 x 17.2 cm,
description on the reverse,
edition: unspecified
vintage print
This photography is typical of Tadeusz Wański`s work, who, being an ardent pictorialist, developed his own style, creating painting-like landscapes with soft and blurred contours.
Distinguished pictorialist photographer, trader by profession. He took interest in photography in 1922. The following year, he received a bronze medal at the Chiaroscuro exhibition in Poznań, in which he participated as an amateur. In 1926, he was admitted to the Association of Photographers in Poznań, and in 1930 he became its president and the youngest member of the five-person Seniors` Chapter of the Polish Photographic Club. In 1947, he joined the Photographic Society in Gdańsk, and in 1949, ZPAF. Together with Tadeusz Cyprian and Bolesław Gardulski, he established The Poznań Trifoliate Leaf group (Trójlistek Poznański). He took part in a number of international exhibitions, winning gold medals in Boston (1934, 1935, 1936), Warsaw (1935) and Vienna (1936), and silver medals in Ottawa (1926), Saragossa (1926), Riga (1927), Lucerne (1935), Warsaw (1937) and Vienna (1937), as well as 3 bronze medals and 8 diplomas. In 1938, Wański was decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit.