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Jan Matejko
Polish Painter, 1838-1893
He studied from 1852 to 1858 at the School of Fine Arts in Krakew and, during this time, started exhibiting historical paintings with the Society of Friends of the Fine Arts there (e.g. Sigismund I Bestowing Nobility on the Professors of the University of Krakew in 1535 (1858; Krakew, Jagiellonian U., Mus. F.A.). After studying in Munich (1859) under the history painter Hermann Anschetz (1802-80) and then briefly and less successfully in Vienna, Matejko returned to Krak?w, where he was based for the rest of his life. In 1860 Matejko issued an illustrated album, Ubiory w Polsce (later editions 1875 and 1901), a project reflecting his intense interest in historical records of all kinds and his desire to promote such interest among the Polish people in an effort to intensify their patriotic feelings. This role first became widely associated with Matejko with his painting of Stanczyk (1862; Warsaw, N. Mus.), the court jester to King Sigismund I (1437-1548), to whom Matejko gave his own features. The jester is presented as a symbol of the nation's conscience
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Painting ID:: 67321
Matejko-Auto portrait
Year 1892(1892)
Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 160 ?? 110 cm (62.99 ?? 43.31 in)
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Painting ID:: 67372
Portret dzieci artysty
Portret dzieci artysty (en: Artist's children portrait), oil on wood, 149 ?? 141, Gallery of Art in Lviv
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Painting ID:: 67676
Adoption of the Polish Constitution of May 3
Adoption of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791.
The painting depicts King Stanislaus Augustus together with members of the Grand Sejm and inhabitants of Warsaw entering St John's Cathedral in order to swear in the new national constitution just after it had been adopted by the Grand Sejm in the Royal Castle visible in the background.
May 3rd Constitution was the first written national constitution in Europe, and the world's second, after the United States Constitution. The May 3rd Constitution was adopted by the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on May 3, 1791
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Painting ID:: 67709
Widok Bebeku kolo Konstantynopola,
Widok Bebeku koło Konstantynopola, en: View of Bebek near Constantinople, oil on canvas, 31.5x61x7, Art Gallery in Lviv
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Painting ID:: 73515
Nikolaus Kopernikus
Nikolaus Kopernikus beim Beobachten der Gestirne (Detail von Jan Matejko's Gemälde - Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts)
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Jan Matejko
Polish Painter, 1838-1893
He studied from 1852 to 1858 at the School of Fine Arts in Krakew and, during this time, started exhibiting historical paintings with the Society of Friends of the Fine Arts there (e.g. Sigismund I Bestowing Nobility on the Professors of the University of Krakew in 1535 (1858; Krakew, Jagiellonian U., Mus. F.A.). After studying in Munich (1859) under the history painter Hermann Anschetz (1802-80) and then briefly and less successfully in Vienna, Matejko returned to Krak?w, where he was based for the rest of his life. In 1860 Matejko issued an illustrated album, Ubiory w Polsce (later editions 1875 and 1901), a project reflecting his intense interest in historical records of all kinds and his desire to promote such interest among the Polish people in an effort to intensify their patriotic feelings. This role first became widely associated with Matejko with his painting of Stanczyk (1862; Warsaw, N. Mus.), the court jester to King Sigismund I (1437-1548), to whom Matejko gave his own features. The jester is presented as a symbol of the nation's conscience
. Related Artists to Jan Matejko: | Mabel Pryde | Arthur Hughes | Jean de Beaumetz | Jean-Baptiste Hilair | Wilhelm von Kobell |
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