Description: Jack Malczewski (1854-1929) inherited his love for art and romantic literature, especially the poetry of Juliusz Slowacki, from his family home. He came from a szlachta family, albeit a poor one. His father Julian supported him on his path to a career in painting. The events of 1863, the January Uprising and subsequent repression,...
Description: This painting is located in the large Hall of the Rogaliński Gallery, alongside other works of one of the most prominent European portraitists, Olga Boznańska (1864-1940). She was introduced to the arcana of art by her French mother, who was an amateur draughtsman. Later she attended classes at the studios of Kazimierz Pochwalski, Antoni...
Description: Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1853-1916) studied at the Krakow School of Fine Arts under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz from 1868 to 1873, then at the Vienna and Munich Academies. For many years he travelled around Europe and the Middle East, painting for local courts and aristocracies. From 1874 to 1901 he exhibited his works at the Krakow and...
Description: Leon Wyczółkowski (1852-1936) often visited Ukraine since the 1880s. He was in Berezne at Kazimierz Podhorski’s, his brother Michał’s and his sons Władysław and Stefan’s*. Years later he recalled, „I left at night and by morning I could not get enough. I could not be indifferent to the beauty of nature. The most beautiful...
Description: Teresa of Moszczeński Kazimierzow Raczyńska (1745-1818) In 1761, the 16-year-old Teresa of Moszczeński, daughter of the Santock castellan, married Kazimierz Raczyński, who was six years older. The builder of the Rogalin palace “married a rich, young, ugly and simple-hearted relative. He quickly forgot about her after the wedding for love affairs and business.”[1]. Kazimierz,...
Description: Wirydianna of Bnińska 1° voto Raczyńska 2° voto Mielżyńska (1719-1797). “Pious, diligent, kind to the poor, polite to foreigners, and towards us noble and even very strict, because she loved us the most!” [1]. Wirydianna of Bnińska was born most likely in the year 1719 as the daughter of Wojciech – a Kowalski castellan...
Description: A copy of the portrait of Wirydiana from Bnińskich (FR 598), created by a gentle artist A. Graff.
Description: Franz von Stuck (1863-1928) studied at the Kreisgewerbeschule in Passau, the Kunstgewerbe-Schule in Munich, and also at the Academy in Munich. He started out as a graphic designer and illustrator, then, inspired by Arnold Böcklin, he also began painting. In his works, fairy-tale, mythological and biblical threads intertwine. His works, dark and disturbing, with...
