Head of an old highlander

Skoczylas who was born in Wieliczka in a family of miners, grew up in the nearby Bochnia, where his father worked as a mine foreman. The biography of Skoczylas is very similar to those of many sons of saltworks clerks. coming from a humble home of many children, he was ultimately showered with honours as a director of the Warsaw School of Fine arts and a manager of the department of art in the Polish government. First of all, he was one of the leading state-building artists and a personality, which contributed to development of Reborn Poland.