Description: At the turn of the century, around 1900 in Paris, a generation of young, 30-year-old artists was heard, who, influenced by neo-Gothic and symbolism, laid the foundations for a new art. They started as painters, only to devote themselves to decorative activities shortly afterwards, designing applied art and creating graphics. They wanted to realize...
Description: Kazimierz Sichulski (1879-1943) graduated from the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts. In 1904 he traveled around Europe, getting acquainted with contemporary artistic trends. In 1905 he visited Huculshchyna, which became an inspiration for his creativity. Traveling through the Carpathian highlands, he willingly portrayed the local highlanders. This resulted, among other things, in three images...
Description: Alexander Kotsis (1836-1877) was at this time a fully formed artist, a graduate of the Cracow School of Fine Arts, where he studied in the years 1850-60 with Wojciech Stattler, Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Alexander Płonczyński, and a scholarship holder at the universities of Vienna, Warsaw, Paris and Brussels. Having a studio in Munich together...
Description: Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa (1857-1893) studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and then at the Women’s Painters Division at Wojciech Gerson’s. After completing her education in Warsaw, she took a trip around Europe, stopping in Paris, where she started studying at the Académie Julian under the direction of Joseph-Nicolas and Tony Robert-Fleury. In 1886, she was appointed...
Description: Frank Spenlove (1864-1933) was a Scottish artist specializing in genre scenes, particularly of a religious nature. In the painting Prayer Devotion, the artist depicted the scene in a characteristic way for the time. It was believed that a secular, genre religious scene could better introduce a contemplative mood than cult images. Description of the...
Description: Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929) inherited his love for art and Romantic literature, particularly the poetry of Juliusz Słowacki, from his family home. He came from an aristocratic, but not wealthy, family. His father Julian supported him in his career as a painter. The events of 1863, the January Uprising and subsequent repression, left a strong...
Description: Władysław Podkowiński (1886-1895) studied at the Warsaw Drawing Class under Wojciech Gerson from 1880 to 1885. For a year he attended the Imperial Academy in St. Petersburg as a free listener. In 1889, together with Józef Pankiewicz, he went to Paris. There, the retrospective exhibition of Claude Monet had a huge influence on his...
Description: Albert (Ferdinand-Jules-Albert) Gosselin (1862-1940) studied in Paris under Jules Lefebvre and Henri-Joseph Harpignies. He debuted at the Salon Société des Artistes Français in 1889, where he also exhibited for several years. He mainly dealt with landscape painting. His favorite motifs were the landscapes of Brittany, the views of the Loire and the Loig, especially...
Description: Leon Wyczółkowski (1852-1936) began his education at the Warsaw Drawing Class in the years 1869-1874. He continued his studies in the studio of Alexander Wagner at the Munich Academy, and then at the Krakow School of Fine Arts with Jan Matejko. Living permanently in Krakow, from 1895 to 1911 he ran a painting workshop...
Description: Felix-Albert-Anthyme Aubert (1866-1940) was a French designer, draftsman and painter. He debuted as an artistic artist, designing wallpaper, upholstery fabrics, stained glass, glass or porcelain. He was interested in the restoration of the lacemaking industry, designing his own lace patterns. He exhibited at the Salon Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1895 to 1923. In...
Description: August Philippe Matisse (1866-1931), a French painter of the late 19th and early 20th century, lived and worked on the Breton island of Bréhat. His name was often mistaken for that of another contemporary artist, Henri Matisse, although there was no relationship between them. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dijon...
Description: Eugeniusz Dąbrowa-Dąbrowski (1870-1941) was a self-taught man, drawing knowledge and inspiration from numerous travels across Europe and Africa. He never settled in one place for too long, often changing his place of residence. For a few years he was associated with the Polish artistic colony in Munich. In 1901 he became a member of...
