Some club history
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Jan Korwin-Kochanowski 1897-1970.
Obituary of the artist taken from the British Medical Journal in January 1970:
Dr J. Korwin-Kochanowski formally consultant radiologist at Southlands Hospital, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex and a well known artist, died peacefully in hospital on 14th January at the age of 72.
Jan Korwin-Kochanowski was born of Polish parents in Odessa, Russia on the 26th June 1897. His father and brother died at the hands of the revolutionaries and his mother and sister were sent to Siberia. He was tortured but managed to escape to Poland where he continued his study of medicine begun in Odessa. He graduated M.D. at Warsaw University in 1924. After this he studied radiology and pathology in Berlin and then returned to Poland. Undoubtedly he would have pursued an academic career in medicine but for the outbreak of the Second World War when he joined the army. With his compatriots he survived the horros of Russia as a prisoner of war, then he went to Palestine, Egypt, Italy and France in the Polish Army. In Italy he was chief advisor to the Polish Army in radiology and many of us remember his kindness and help to his British allies during this time. His cosmopolitan outlook and his gift for languages - he spoke seven fluently - made him an invaluable link between the Polish and the British forces. After demobolisation he was appointed Radiologist at Southlands hospital, Shoreham by Sea where he worked for nearly 20 years. He became a naturalised British subject in 1949.
His death will sadden many friends throughout Sussex. Members if the Sussex County Arts Club will miss him keenly. For the past 15 years his work has always represented and was the centre of interest at all the Arts Club exhibitions. His portraits captured the personality, radiating life and his landscapes were a sheer delight. His erudite lectures reflected the pleasure and joy he himself derived from art. His lectures, his enthusiasm and his sense of fun will be greatly missed by the club members.
He is survived by a daughter, his young wife and their three yong children.
C.F. MacG.
An exhibition of his work was held at the club Feb - May 2010, see the gallery page for details.
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