Background
Okuń was born in 1872 to a noble family and was orphaned early. He grew up with his grandparents on the maternal side.
Okuń was born in 1872 to a noble family and was orphaned early. He grew up with his grandparents on the maternal side.
In 1891 he studied at the Warsaw School of Drawing. From 1891-1893 he studied under the direction of Isidore Jablonski and January Matejko at the January Matejko Academy of Fine son
He painted landscapes, portraits, designed covers and llustrated magazines, including the German magazine "Jugend". After inheriting a large fortune, he soon began drawing lessons with great painters. He continued his studies in Munich and Paris.
In 1897 Okuń went to study with Simon Hollósy who founded the artists" colony in Nagybánya, Hungary.
Foreign the next 20 years he lived in Rome and also traveled to Sorrento, Amalfi, Capri, Venice, Padua, Ravenna, Florence and Siena. Okuń returned to Poland in 1921 and settled in Warsaw.
From 1925 he was a professor in the School of Fine son Together with his friends founded a Masonic lodge called "Copernicus".
He was vice-president of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine son
During the annual opening of the Salon Incentives he witnessed the assassination of the first president of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, by Eligiusz Niewiadomski and with one of the president"s aides, caught Niewiadomski. During World World War II he lived in Warsaw. After the Warsaw Uprising Okuń moved to Skierniewice, where he died in January 1945.
He made the front wall murals of his own house at the Old Town Square.
He was a member of the Society of Polish ists.