Leopold Pilichowski (March 23, 1869 – July 28, 1933)[1] was a Polish realist painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, active during the final years of the foreign partitions of Poland.

[5][6] He began his art education with painter Szmul (Samuel) Hirszenberg, his relative, in the nearby metropolitan city of Łódź.

[2] Pilichowski settled in Łódź around 1894, and began to produce his first engaging paintings about Jewish life in an industrialized environment.

While there, he produced a monumental painting showing some 120 people for the opening of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a group portrait which included himself.

[7] Pilichowski was recognised as a Chevalier du Legion d'honneur by the French Government, for his services to France.