![]() Taught wet plate photography by his father, it was during this period that he also began producing the intimate portrait photography for which he is known producing striking portraits of his circle in Zakopane and many self-portraits. The unfinished novel, which was not published until 1972, also describes erotic encounters between Bungo and the Duke of Nevermore. According to Micińska he also represented himself as the character Bungo and Malinowski as the Duke of Nevermore. ![]() He had a tumultuous affair with prominent actress Irena Solska who according to Anna Micińska is represented as the heroine Akne Montecalfi in his first novel, The 622 Downfalls of Bungo or The Demonic Woman, 1911. Romer was romantically linked to both Bronisław Malinowski and Witkiewicz. Witkiewicz was close friends with composer Karol Szymanowski and, from childhood, with Bronisław Malinowski and Zofia Romer. Against his father's wishes he studied at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts with Józef Mehoffer and Jan Stanisławski. In accordance with his father's antipathy to the "servitude of the school," he was home-schooled and encouraged to develop his talents across a range of creative fields. ![]() ![]() Witkiewicz was reared at the family home in Zakopane. ![]()
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