Background
Mazur was born to a Galician family in 1897.
Mazur was born to a Galician family in 1897.
He studied at the Albright Art School in Buffalo and at the Art Students League of New New York
Mazur worked in a variety of media. His stained glass works can be found in churches in Philadelphia, New York City and Buffalo. Before he became 30, Mazur distinguished himself as an ecclesiastical painter in this area.
His first commission was the complete decoration of Saint Stanislaus Church in Buffalo.
His paintings can also be found in Saint Adalbert"s Basilica, Blessed Trinity, the Polish National Cathedral Holy Mother of the Rosary, Saint John Gualbert"s, and Villa Maria Academy. He also executed murals at Holy Trinity in Niagara Falls, statuary for Saint Aloysius in Springville and stained glass windows for Saint Barbara in Lackawanna.
Mazur also painted many churches outside of Western New York including Rochester, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, Adams, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, and Trenton and Perth Amboy in New Jersey. Rita & Patrick"s Church in Buffalo as well as Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in North Tonawanda.
Mazur"s secular works include the sculpted bust of Frédéric Chopin, a life-size portrait of Kazimierz Pulaski in Olean, and interior decoration at the UB Main Street Campus.
Mazur and the University at Buffalo"s Polish Room
In 1955 Mr. Mazur donated a four panel, stained glass chandelier depicting Frédéric Chopin, Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki and, Ignacy Paderewski to the Polish Room. He also donated four stained glass window medallions of, Marie Curie, Nicolaus Copernicus, Casimir Pulaski and, Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Some time before 1978 the four window hangs went missing, of which only Marie Skłodowska Curie"s has been recovered.
