Visit Karol Tchorek’s studio

The Studio is open for viewing on Tuesdays between 10AM and 6PM, and on Saturdays between 10AM and 4PM.

Visiting the Studio is possible upon purchasing a ticket via the website bilety.muzeumwarszawy.pl or at the ticket desk of the Museum of Warsaw located at 42 Old Town Market Square.

Ticket price:

regular 20 PLN, concessions 15 PLN,
group (more than 10 people) normal 15 PLN per person, concessions 10 PLN per person,
family 40 PLN (max. 2 adults, 1-6 children).

Address: 36 Smolna St., apartment 11

Organized groups or study visit: edukacja@muzeumwarszawy.pl

The studio of Karol and Mariusz Tchorek and Katy Bentall, with the preserved works by the artistic family, memorabilia, archives and furnishings, is a unique place on the map of Warsaw. It holds many overlapping historic and artistic layers.

Karol Tchorek (1904–1985), a sculptor, author of portraits and monuments, medalist and art dealer, built his Studio in the early 1950s from the remnants of a demolished annex of a tenement house at 36 Smolna Street. He transferred part of the furnishings and architectural details from his previous studio and gallery located at 63 Marszałkowska Street.

On Smolna Street, Tchorek produced his most renowned works:

Motherhood (1952), the tombstone of Władysław Strzemiński,
Warsaw Autumn (1975)
and, above all, he coordinated the realization of plaques commemorating street executions carried out by the Nazi occupying force in Warsaw (designed in 1949).

In addition to models of these works, the Studio also houses a few preserved pre-war sculptures by the artist (Little Roosters, 1937; Reclining Child, 1938), plaster models, sketches and drawings, as well as memorabilia from the ‘Nike’ Art Salon which Tchorek ran between 1943–1944 and 1945–1951. The Studio also stores part of Tchorek’s ethnographic collection, which he passionately built over the years, primarily sculptures by Leon Kudła known as “the Primitive from Powiśle” (1879–1964).

: Pracownia Karola Tchorka, fot. Tomek Kaczor

: Pracownia Karola Tchorka, fot. Tomek Kaczor

: Pracownia Karola Tchorka, fot. Tomek Kaczor

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