Henryk HERTZ BARWIŃSKI (1877-1970), Lt. Julian Sas Kulczycki, 1916

color lithograph, paper, 26 x 19 cm (clear passe-partout), 36 x 28.5 cm (framed, passe-partout); signed on panel p. d.: HB; inscribed on panel l. g.: Por. Sas Kulczycki; inscribed (place and date) on panel l. d.: Baranowicze 23/X 1916.

Henryk Barwiński, owner: Henryk Teodor Hertz, a.k.a. Kirkor, Zwidlicz (born April 23, 1877 in Warsaw, died December 8, 1970 there) - Polish actor, director, cartoonist. 1970 there) - Polish actor, director, draughtsman.In 1904 he received a call up to the army for the Russian-Japanese front, to avoid this he moved to Krakow and continued acting there. Since 1906 he simultaneously studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts under Konstanty Laszczka. In 1913 he became a member of the board of directors of the Union of Artists and Women Artists of Polish Theaters in Galicia. On August 4, 1914, in Lviv, he volunteered for the Polish Legions, and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade, initially in the 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion, and later in the 4th Company of the 3rd Battalion. He was promoted to second lieutenant and given the position of adjutant of the 3rd Battalion. He organized the Legion theater, designed the medal honoring the name-day of Jozef Pilsudski in 1917.He refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Emperor and in the autumn of 1917 returned to Lviv, where he joined the ensemble of the local Municipal Theater.In 1920 he fought in the defense of Lviv, went to the reserves with the rank of captain. For his heroic participation in the fighting he was twice awarded the Cross of Valor.

Julian Sas-Kulczycki (born June 6, 1887 in Drohomirczany, died January 12, 1946 in Cracow) - colonel of the gendarmerie and inspector corps of the Polish Army, independence activist, knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari.In 1904 he received a call up to the army to the Russian-Japanese front, to avoid this he moved to Cracow and continued acting there. Since 1906 he simultaneously studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts under Konstanty Laszczka. In 1913 he became a member of the board of directors of the Association of Artists and Women Artists of Polish Theaters in Galicia.On August 4, 1914, in Lviv, he volunteered for the Polish Legions, and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade, initially in the 2nd company of the 2nd Battalion, and later in the 4th company of the 3rd Battalion. He was promoted to second lieutenant and given the position of adjutant of the 3rd Battalion. He organized the Legion theater, designed the medal honoring Jozef Pilsudski's name day in 1917. He refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Emperor and returned to Lviv in the fall of 1917. In 1920 he fought in the defense of Lviv, and went into the reserves with the rank of captain. For his heroic participation in the fighting he was twice awarded the Cross of Valor.From August 1914, during World War I, he fought in the Polish Legions and the Imperial and Royal Armies. He was an officer of the 1st infantry regiment of the Polish Legions, in which he commanded a platoon and a company.For his participation in the Battle of Lowczówk /22-25 December 1914/ he received the Order of Virtuti Militari. As of November 15, 1918, he was accepted into the Polish Army with the approval of the rank of major given by General Bolesław Roja. He organized and headed the Security Guard, a formation created on the model of the c. and k. Domestic Gendarmerie. On December 15, 1919 he was transferred from the General District Command "Lodz" to the 1st Gendarmerie Squadron in Warsaw to the position of squadron commander. Since January 1921 he held the position of chief of staff at the Gendarmerie Command of the Ministry of Military Affairs. On June 16, 1921 he was appointed commander of the 8th Gendarmerie Squadron in Grudziądz and later in Toruń. During the May Coup of 1926, he sided with Jozef Pilsudski.