Lida Grychtołówna (born 1928) - pianist, pedagogue. She began studying piano at the age of 6, and in 1951 graduated with honors from the State Higher School of Music in Katowice (under the direction of Wanda Chmielewska). A participant in numerous competitions and music festivals(as a participant and later as a juror), she has given concerts in many countries and participated in numerous recordings for CD and radio. From 1986 to 2007 she taught at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. Recipient of numerous awards and honors.
Handwritten dedication in pen (stating: To Mr. Lepianka - Grand Master with kind thanks and proofs of sympathy Lidia Grychtołówna, Warsaw 12.VI.1976) under the photograph of 14.6 x 9.9 cm(verso stamp of the author: Zofia Nasierowska art. fot. member ZPAF, leg. 203, Warsaw, Forteczna 1a St., tel. 33-15-03) mounted in a sheet measuring 22.3 x 15.6 cm(at the bottom, under the dedication, additional description in pen: (-Lidia Grychtołówna), on which verso stamp: Gabinet of Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects Gracjan Lepianko Warsaw, Krak.-Przedm. 10 and description in pencil Lidia Grychtołówna
Condition: sheet with minor creases and spots, photograph with minor creases in corners(from dry mounting), stained blue in the center from pen ink, minor scratches and surface soiling.
Nasierowska Zofia (1938 - 2011) - photographer, known as the "queen of Polish celebrity portraiture", honored by the International Federation of Photographic Art with the title Artiste FIAP. Her photographs were published by numerous Polish magazines including "Ekran", "Film" , "Przekrój". She has won numerous awards at international exhibitions.
Gracjan Lepianko (1905 - 15 May 1991) - a Warsaw restorer who ran the Office for the Repair of Works of Art and Artistic Objects at 10 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street for several decades. He graduated from the Schools of Drawing and Painting at 9 Wierzbowa Street, the School of Applied Art at Chmielna Street and the School of Decorative Arts at Myśliwiecka Street, obtaining the title of master decorative painter and master of artistic metal products. He began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, but the financial situation forced him to interrupt his studies and take up a job. He became self-employed in 1931 and changed locations several times(before, 1952, he ended up in Krakowskie Przedmieście). He was passionate about sports, training amateur boxing and wrestling. During World War II, a passion for reviving "dead"/destroyed objects awoke in him. He not only repaired but also collected antiques. After the war he became very popular, there were films about him, mentions in the press and guidebooks. Visited by numerous celebrities(of many fields), who sometimes left commemorative entries.
