Ryszard Sawicki
Painter, author
Born Oct. 8, 1948, Kamienna Gora, Poland; came to U.S., 1977; son of Roman and Zofia (Czekanowska).
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Wroclaw (Poland), 1970.
Career: librarian, University of Wroclaw, 1970-73, and Technical University of Wroclaw, 1974-76; assistant editor, Dziennik Zwiazkowy, Chicago (IL), 1979-80; teacher, Chicago Urban Skills Institute, 1980-83; free-lance artist, 1983 -.
Author: Wiersze, (Poland), 1981; numerous articles, short stories, poetry (in Polish, English, French.), published in: Dziennik Polski, Wiadomosci (United Kingdom), Le Temps Pluriel (France), Mr. Cogito Press; exhibitions in United States, since 1982, and in Poland, since 1989; paintings in private collections in America and Europe.
Member of: International Platform Association; American Society of Portrait Painters.
Honors: Gold Medal, 1986, and Silver Medal, 1987, International Platform Association, Washington (DC).
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Swedish, Sanskrit, Latin, Russian.
Hobbies: photography, travel.
Home: Road 1 Box 125, Carmel Highlands, CA 93923.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.