GROMNICKI Paul A.

15 декабря 1889 (village Gromnitsa Ekaterinoslav province) — 23 августа 1977 (Prague)

Painter, graphic artist

Studied the В. А. Серова in Moscow; then for a short time he worked in the Studio И. Е. Репина at the Higher art school of painting, sculpture and architecture under the Imperial Academy of arts (?) in St. Petersburg.

During the First world war was interned, was in Czechoslovakia. He continued his education in the Studio of landscape painter Ф. Энгельмиллера (later — assistant Ф. Энгельмиллера in his Studio), Ukrainian Studio of plastic arts in Prague. Worked primarily as a landscape painter; painted portraits, still lifes.

In 1922-1925 посещал Studio А. Матисса in Paris. With his support and participation П. Пикассо held in Paris first solo exhibition (1925). Traveled to Italy, India, Tibet, Japan, USA. Worked in Norway and Paris.