Michałowski Piotr

Michałowski Piotr (ur. 1800 Cracow, zm. 1855 Krzyżtoporzyce).
Son of the senator of the Free City of Krakow. He was an exceptionally versatile man. He took his initial drawing lessons from Michał Stachowicz, Józef Brodowski and Franciszek Lampi. He completed university studies in Krakow

Michalak Antoni

Michalak, Antoni (ur. 1902 Kozłów Szlachecki, zm. 1975 Kazimierz Dolny).
Painter, painting conservator, pedagogue, member of the Fraternity of St.. Łukasz and Tow. Art. Pol. Piece. W l. 1915-1918 he attended Chudozestwienny Shchilishch in Odessa. Then he educated

Merwart Paweł

Merwart Paweł (ur. 1855 Marianówka, zm. 1902 Saint-Pierre in Martinique).
Son of a French and Polish woman. He studied in Vienna, w 1876 in Munich, 1877 in Dusseldorf, 1877-84 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He painted portraits (m.in. a portrait of Helena Modrzejewska as Maria

Minister of Health Zygmunt

Minister of Health Zygmunt (ur. 1896 Lviv, He died 20 of August 1986, Riverdale, New York, United States).
Painter. He began his artistic studies in Lviv, simultaneously dealing with the restoration of churches in the provinces. W 1918 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, w 1922 he stayed in Berlin, where

Mehoffer Józef

Mehoffer Józef (ur. 1869 Ropczyce, zm. 1946 Wadowice).
Józef Mehoffer b. 19.03.1869 r. in Ropczyce, zm. 08.07.1946 r. in Wadowice. After graduating from St.. Anna in Krakow, he studied at the local School of Fine Arts under the supervision of W.. Łuszczkiewicz and J. Matejko

Matejko, Jan: Battle of Grunwald

Matejko, Jan: Battle of Grunwald

 


15 July 1410 a battle was fought on the fields near Grunwald in the year, in which the united Polish and Lithuanian-Ruthenian troops led by the Polish king Władysław Jagiełło achieved a great victory over the Teutonic army. It was the beginning of the fall

Matejko, Jan: Copernicus

Matejko, Jan: Copernicus

 


Copernicus, 1873
oil, canvas, 322 x 545 cm;
Jagiellonian University in Cracow
Matejko's vision of Nicolaus Copernicus, based on the study of the astronomer's portraits, exact and faithful as regards the external resemblance of the face, however, it has remarkably individual features. Image

Matejko, Jan: Batory near Pskov

Matejko, Jan: Batory near Pskov

 


Batory near Pskov, 1872
oil, canvas, 322 x 545 cm;
National Museum in Warsaw

An event from the Polish-Moscow war for Livonia, conducted in the years 1578-1582 by Stefan Batory, it has become the subject of the painting, which “belongs to