Jan Bułhak

January Brunon Bulhak ( born October 6, 1876 in Ostaszyn at Nowogródek; † February 4, 1950 in Giżycko (German Lötzen ) ) was a veteran of the Polish Royal Photographic Society.

Bulhak studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. It was not until 1905 he got from his wife a simple camera and began photographing as a layman. At the suggestion of Ferdynand Ruszczyc was from the pastime soon his main profession. He came to Dresden in 1912 to study at Hugo Erfurth.

After graduating, he returned to Vilna and began landscapes and cityscapes take. In 1919 he was appointed professor at the Institute for Photography Art Faculty of the Vilnius Stefan Batory University.

In 1927 he founded the Vilna Photo Club. Bulhak was criticized by art critics of the avant-garde as Konservatist, but created classic timeless photographs. Even today, they provide irreplaceable documents prewar dar. Bulhak lived in Vilna until 1945, then had to leave the city and move to Warsaw. In Vilna his collection of about 50,000 glass negatives fell during the conquest of the city by Soviet troops to the flames.

At the age of 70 years he began the ruins of Warsaw documented. In 1947 he was co-founder of the Polish society Lichtbildner ( ZPAF - Związek Polskich Artystów Fotografików ). He died four years later during a photographic journey through Mazury.

His son Janusz (* April 27, 1906, † May 15, 1977 ) studied at the Vilnius Conservatory, was a composer and also Lichtbildner.

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