In 1921 , Czapski entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków , where he was taught by Wojciech Weiss and Józef Pankiewicz . Moving away from the classical tradition , he moved to Paris in 1924 where he helped to develop the Komitet Paryski ( Paris Committee , subsequently abbreviated to the ' Kapist ' movement ) . Czapski began to hold exhibitions of his work but increasingly moved to becoming a critic , writing essays on art , literature , and philosophy . He returned to Poland in 1932 , re-enlisting in 1939 . He was subsequently captured by the Russians and held in prison and labour camps ; he was one of 395 who avoided the fate of more than 20,000 murdered at Katyn and similar massacres
Katyn
Katyn massacre
Józef Czapski