embassy Events 2007 

Polish-American Artist Tadeusz Lapinski Opens Exhibit on July 4 in Paderewski Museum 

5 July 2007 

The retrospective exhibit of works produced from 1953-2003 opened to a packed hall in the museum in Warsaw’s Lazienki Park.  The artist invited Cultural Attaché James Wolfe to address the audience before the opening.  Lapinski has served as professor of painting and graphic design at the University of Maryland since 1972.  He was born in Poland and also lived in France, Brazil, and Yugoslavia before moving to the United States.  U.S. Ambassador Victor Ashe and Minister of Culture Kazimierz Ujazdowski are the honorary patrons of the exhibit.