Stefan Knapp Net Worth

Stefan Knapp Net Worth is
$700,000

Stefan Knapp Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Stefan Knapp (1921 – October 12, 1996) was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public architectural structures.Knapp was born in Bi?goraj. His father's name was Antoni and his mother was Julia, née Wnuk.In 1935 he began studies at the Lwów Polytechnic. After the outbreak of World War II Soviet Union occupied Lwów, murdered Knapp's father and sent Stefan to a gulag in Siberia. There, among other things, he worked building schools for Russian children who had been orphaned because their parents had been imprisoned or murdered for political reasons. While in the Gulag, because artistic endeavors were limited, he made chess sets out of bread and playing cards out of trash for his fellow prisoners.He was released in 1942 after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement was signed between Poland and Soviet Union. He joined the Anders Army and volunteered for the air force, hence he was shipped to Great Britain. He began his training as a pilot June 29, 1942 in Hucknall. He served as an officer and Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force. While in the RAF he pursued his art by painting or sketching portraits of his fellow pilots in the Squadron 318. After the end of the war he remained in London and took advantage of a veteran's stipend to further his studies at the Royal Academy and at Slade School of Fine Art.His experience in Gulag and as a RAF pilot caused him to suffer from recurring nightmares and insomnia for many years. Consequently he used his art as a form of therapy. In late 1940s this resulted in a series of works titled Gulag, noted for many experimental techniques.Knapp was known for producing murals of unprecedented size with materials which were meant to last for thousands of years. He first received wide attention and acclaim during his exhibition in London in 1954. There he presented a unique and innovative style and technique, which involved melting glass into pieces of light steel, using specially made furnaces. Prior to finding fame he worked as a ski instructor in the Swiss Alps to make ends meet.In the late 1950s Knapp moved away from traditional painting to experiments with enamel and sculpture. In 1960s he painted several murals at the Heathrow Airport, which were later reinstalled in the 1990s. In the early 1950s he painted a mural in the foyer of Hallfield Primary School, Westminster which was designed by the architect Denys Lasdun. He also painted a mural for the Warsaw metro entitled The Battle of Britain. Between 1954 and 1968 he held at least one exhibition each year, including ones in the Netherlands, Austria, and Peru. In 1972, he proposed an astronomy themed work for the Miko?aj Kopernik University of Toru? which was accepted. Knapp also designed many decorations for synagoguess, many of which he based on his memories of synagogues, kirkuts and Jewish prayer houses in his childhood town of Bi?goraj.In 19 

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