Henryk Albin Tomaszewski

Henryk Albin Tomaszewski (born March 1, 1906 in Siedlce, died July 19, 1993 in Warsaw) - Polish sculptor specializing in artistic glass. In 1926-1930 he studied at the Municipal School of Decorative Arts and Painting in Warsaw, in 1930-1936 he studied under prof. Tadeusz Breyer and prof. Tadeusz Pruszkowski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1946 he moved to Szklarska Poręba, where he worked and created in the local glass factory "Józefina" until 1950. From 1950 he worked as an independent artist. He settled permanently in Warsaw, creating his glass sculptures in, among others, glassworks in Targówek, Wołomin, Falenica and Ożarów. He had a number of individual exhibitions in Poland and abroad.