Bolesław Biegas

He began studying sculpture in Warsaw in the studio of a local sculptor, Antoni Panasiuk,[1] then studied art under Konstanty Laszczka at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

After being expelled for his sculpture The Book of Life,[2] Biegas moved permanently to Paris, where he briefly attended the École des Beaux-Arts before beginning his independent artistic activity.

[2] Biegas also created a series of Symbolist style paintings, featuring mythical, monstrous and female chimeras, which symbolised a violent battle of the sexes.

The museum occupies one room in the Polish Library in Paris, which also houses the Musée Adam Mickiewicz and the Salon Frédéric Chopin.

Guided visits are available Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings by prior appointment; an admission fee is charged.