Rosen, Jan Henryk
Professor of Church Art. Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1891. Studied abroad in Switzerland, Munich and Paris. Professor of Figurative Drawing at the Polytechnic Institute of Lwow from 1930 to 1938. Among his decorations and paintings are: chapel in the Theological Seminary of Lwow (1929-30), chapel of John Sobieski at Kahlenberg near Vienna (1930); pictures in the art museums of Lwow, Lublin and Bydgoszcz. Came to U.S. in 1939 at the request of the Polish Government to paint some decorations for the Polish Pavilion at the World's Fair. Since 1940 professor of church art at the Catholic University of America. Corresponding member of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. Address: 2127 California Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943
de Rosen, Jan Henryk de Rosen -- mural and mosaic artistJan Henryk de Rosen (1891-1982) was born in Warsaw. Poland and spent most of his youth in France. His father was court painter to the last czars of Russia; Alexander III and Nicholas II. As a young man. Henryk wrote poetry until he decided to devote all his time to painting. For over 50 years Jan Henryk de Rosen designed so many murals and mosaics for churches and cathedrals that he lost count. He once remarked that "The total of my paintings and mosaics, I suppose. is like the pebbles on the shore of the sea." Pope Pius Xl commissioned de Rosen to paint murals in his private chapel at Castel Gandolfo. The painting at the Pope's summer residence make de Rosen the first painter to paint murals in the Pope's chapel since Michelangelo. Other murals and mosaics created by de Rosen may be seen at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.; St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Prescott, Arizona, and in the lobby of the National Welfare Conference Building in Washington, D.C. Other principal works by Jan Henryk de Rosen in the United States can be seen in Buffalo. NY, Memphis, TN. Pittsburgh, PA and in the California cities of Anaheim. La Jolla, Hollywood. Pasadena, San Martino, Eagle Rock. Monterey Park, San Francisco and Sacramento. One of his greatest creations is hailed as the largest mosaic in the world. It adorns the dome of the new Cathedral in St. Louis. Missouri.
From: Wally West