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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:: 84848
Astronomer Copernicus, conversation with God.
Date 1872(1872)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 221 x 315 cm (87 x 124 in)
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Painting ID:: 85258
The death of Leszek the White.
Date 1880(1880)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 30 x 66 cm (11.8 x 26 in)
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Painting ID:: 85772
The Constitution of May 3. Four-Year Sejm. Educational Commission. Partition. A.D. 1795.
Date 1889(1889)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 79 x 120 cm (31.1 x 47.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 86084
Alchemist Sendivogius.
Date 1867(1867)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 73 x 130 cm (28.7 x 51.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 86573
Fragment of Lwow Oath by Jan Matejko
Medium Oil on wood
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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: | COPLEY, John Singleton | George goodwin kilburne | Benjamin Robert Haydon | James Gay Sawkins | Richard Burchett |
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