Władysław Pochwalski

Władysław Pochwalski (14 April 1860, Kraków - 2 November 1924, Krakow) was a Polish painter and art restorer.

He came from a family that produced several artists, including his father, Józef Kasper [pl] and older brother, Kazimierz.

[1] He began to exhibit locally in 1885 and, in 1887, was commissioned by the Jagiellonian University to do a portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph (destroyed by students in 1918).

In 1890, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, under the direction of Alexander von Wagner.

He also restored numerous paintings and frescoes, including a large mural that had been almost totally destroyed at St. Andrew's Church, and several items in the chapel at Wawel.