Jerzy Kossak (ur. 1886 Cracow, zm. 1955 Cracow).
Jerzy Kossak b. 11.09.1886 Cracow, zm. 11.05.1955 there, son of Wojciech and Maria née Kisielnicka, grandson of Julius, brother of the poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and writer Magdalena Samozwaniec. He graduated from the St.. Jacek in Krakow, then the Cadet School. He studied painting from an early age in the studio of his grandfather and father. During World War I, he served in the Austrian army. He lived in Krakow. W 1925 i 1926 r. he traveled with his father to manors in Poznań and made numerous paintings and portraits for the local gentry. He often painted pictures with his father and signed them together. He belonged to the Association of Polish Artists and Designers.
Kossak continued the family tradition of battle painting. He took up historical topics, He mainly paints scenes from the Napoleonic wars and legionary fights during the First World War, in which he exhibited a generic horse motif, uhlan and girls. “A multitude of ready-made words, ease and the need for quick painting turned into manner, in repeating the same motifs many times. The great social demand for Kossakowski's paintings led to a sometimes massive and hasty one, not always artistically in-depth painting production. In the interwar period, he also painted themes from Old Germanic legends (Walpurgis Night) i legend staroangielskich. He also illustrated Grimm's fairy tales and Mickiewicz's ballads.
Jerzy Kossak b. 11.09.1886 Cracow, zm. 11.05.1955 there, son of Wojciech and Maria née Kisielnicka, grandson of Julius, brother of the poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and writer Magdalena Samozwaniec. He graduated from the St.. Jacek in Krakow, then the Cadet School. He studied painting from an early age in the studio of his grandfather and father. During World War I, he served in the Austrian army. He lived in Krakow. W 1925 i 1926 r. he traveled with his father to manors in Poznań and made numerous paintings and portraits for the local gentry. He often painted pictures with his father and signed them together. He belonged to the Association of Polish Artists and Designers.
Kossak continued the family tradition of battle painting. He took up historical topics, He mainly paints scenes from the Napoleonic wars and legionary fights during the First World War, in which he exhibited a generic horse motif, uhlan and girls. “A multitude of ready-made words, ease and the need for quick painting turned into manner, in repeating the same motifs many times. The great social demand for Kossakowski's paintings led to a sometimes massive and hasty one, not always artistically in-depth painting production. In the interwar period, he also painted themes from Old Germanic legends (Walpurgis Night) i legend staroangielskich. He also illustrated Grimm's fairy tales and Mickiewicz's ballads.
Great army soldiers, ok. 1930
oil, plywood, 55 x 80 cm;
signed lower right: Jerzy Kossak;
from the AGRA-ART Auction House catalog;
oil, plywood, 55 x 80 cm;
signed lower right: Jerzy Kossak;
from the AGRA-ART Auction House catalog;
Episode z 1920 year
oil, canvas, 55 x 80 cm;
signed lower right: Jerzy Kossak | 1937;
from the AGRA-ART Auction House catalog;
oil, canvas, 55 x 80 cm;
signed lower right: Jerzy Kossak | 1937;
from the AGRA-ART Auction House catalog;
