Jan Henryk de Rosen | |
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Born | Warsaw, Russian Empire | February 25, 1891
Died | August 22, 1982 Arlington, Virginia, United States | (aged 91)
Nationality | Polish |
Jan Henryk de Rosen (February 25, 1891 – August 22, 1982) is best known as a Polish artist of murals and mosaics. He served in World War I in various capacities, rising to the rank of captain in the Polish army and earning a range of military honors. De Rosen also served as a diplomat for Poland. He moved to the United States in 1939 where he continued to complete large-scale commissions for churches and other institutions. In America, De Rosen was a research professor of liturgical art at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.[1]