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Rekucki, Michael
Painter, sculptor. Born in Nowy Targ, Poland in the Tatra Mountains; studied in his native country under the two Polish masters: Mehoffer and Weiss. When attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow awarded three, silver medals, and later won an award for a painting of "The Madonna"; continued his studies in Warsaw, Rome, Berlin, and Paris; served in the Austrian Army, was captured by the Russians and sent to Siberia; returned to Poland and two years later came to U.S.; exhibited his paintings in Chicago. Ill., in 1924; draws chiefly from the folklore of his native Tatra. Some of Iris works in this field are: "Evening Prayer," "Madonna," "Old Baca," "Models," "Immaculata." and "Adoration." Since coming to America made portraits of Kosciuszko, Pulaski, Wilson and Washington for the Polish National Alliance. His talent is not confined to the brush. Some of his sculpture pieces of recognized artistic merit are: "The Mower," "Head of a Mountaineer," "The Musician," "Chopin" and "Sienkiewicz." Resides in Chicago, Ill.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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