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    Josef Swirek

    b. 1899

    1949-1952 Volgograd (Stalingrad) Russia. Self-taught maker, worked for A. Caressa in Paris, returned to Poradów during the Second World War, and established independently in Vogograd from c.1949. [Vannes] — John Dilworth
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    John Dilworth+

    SWIREK, Josef Born 1899 Poradów Poland, Worked circa. 1949-1952 Volgograd (Stalingrad) Russia. Self-taught maker, worked for A. Caressa in Paris, returned to Poradów during the Second World War, and established independently in Vogograd from c.1949. [Vannes]

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