Karol Tichy

Karol Józef Tichy (2 February 1871 – 26 or 27 November 1939) was a Polish Art Nouveau painter, academic, lecturer and designer.

After leaving secondary school, he began studying law at the Jagiellonian University (1889-1890) and painting at the School of Fine Arts, both in Kraków.

He continued studying art in Munich and at the École des beaux-arts in Paris.

[1] He was mainly involved in applied arts, designing interiors, fabrics, furniture and ceramics (making him one of the pioneers of modern artistic ceramics in Poland).

[2][1] He co-founded the artists' cooperative Ład in 1926[2] and was a member of the Polska Sztuka Stosowana (Polish Applied Art) (1901–1914).