Description: Jack Malczewski (1854-1929) had a deep love for art, literature, and romantic poetry, specifically the poetry of Juliusz Slowacki, which he acquired from his family home. He came from a szlachta-check family, though not a wealthy one. His father, Julian, supported his career in painting. The events of 1863, the January Uprising and subsequent...
Description: Jack Malczewski (1854-1929) had an affinity for art and romantic literature, especially the poetry of Juliusz Słowacki, which he brought from his family home. He came from a noble, but impoverished family. His father Julian supported him in his painting career. The events of 1863, the January Uprising and subsequent repressions left a special...
Description: Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929) had a love for art and Romantic literature, particularly the poetry of Juliusz Słowacki, which he inherited from his family. He came from a noble, though impoverished, family. His father, Julian, supported him in his career as a painter. The events of 1863, the January Uprising and subsequent repression, had a...
Description: Jack Malczewski (1854-1929) had a love for art and romantic literature, especially the poetry of Juliusz Słowacki, which he inherited from his family. He came from a szlachecki family, although not wealthy. His father Julian supported him on the path of a painting career. The events of 1863, the January Uprising and subsequent repression,...
Description: Henry (Marie-Gustave-Henri) Grosjean (1864-1948) was a French painter. He studied at the Académie Julian. He exhibited at the Salon Société des Artistes Français and the Autumn Salon. Initially he mainly painted the outskirts of Paris, but thanks to his marriage he moved to the region of Overnia-Rhone-Alps. This was the area he most often...
Description: In the works of Teodor Axentowicz (1859-1938), we can find influences of Impressionism, Symbolism, Secession and a fascination with Japanese art. His delicate, sophisticated technique of creating portraits allows us to define it as a “modern trend, shaped by Japanese art, where extreme naturalism is preserved with the line, preserved drawing. To be such...
Description: Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907) followed in the footsteps of his father, a sculptor, starting his artistic path at the age of 15, studying at the Krakow School of Fine Arts, and then regularly attending classes taught by F. Cynk, I. Jabłoński, W. Łuszczkiewicz and J. Matejka. There he also became friends with such people as...
Description: Joseph Czajkowski (1872-1947) was a painter and architect. He belonged to the so-called “monastic school”. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, later at the Académie Julian in Paris, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and the Vienna Academy of Arts and Crafts. He was a lecturer in...
Description: Georges Guillaume Roger (1867 – 1943) was a French painter. He studied in Paris with Jean-Léon Gérôme. He regularly exhibited his works in Parisian salons. He was involved in genre painting, portraiture, but also landscapes and marines. He created in the style of fin de siècle, and in his later works he was inspired...
Description: André Dauchez (1870-1948) was a French painter. He studied in Paris under his future brother-in-law, Lucien Simon. He was fascinated by Breton themes and joined “La Bande Noire” with such artists as Edmond Aman-Jean, Émile-René Ménard, Charles Cottet and Maurice Denis. He was a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In the 1890s...
