Polish
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Inspiration: “First Cigarettes,” by Karl Witkowski
Karol Dominik Witkowski was born to a Polish family in Jazłowiec (Jaslowiec), near Buchach, Czortków (Podole, Poland, now Ukraine). As a child, he showed a precocious talent…
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Biography: Stanisław Wyspiański
Stanisław Wyspiański, born on January 15, 1869, in Kraków, Poland, was a polymath whose multifaceted talents left an indelible mark on…
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Inspiration: “Stealing Apples,” by Karl Witkowski
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Poland’s Lost Contribution to Art Nouveau
Welcome to the vibrant world of Polish Art Nouveau, where artistic expression flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.…
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Biography: Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski (1854–1929) was a prominent Polish Symbolist painter associated with the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He is…
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Inspiration: “Admiration,” by Karl Witkowski
Karol Dominik Witkowski was born to a Polish family in Jazłowiec (Jaslowiec), near Buchach, Czortków (Podole, Poland, now Ukraine). As young…
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Biography: Leon Wyczólkowski
Leon Wyczółkowski was a prominent Polish painter and a key figure in the late 19th and early 20th-century art scene in…
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Biography: Kazimierz Sichulski
Kazimierz Sichulski, born on August 14, 1879, in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), was a distinguished Polish painter whose artistic journey…
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Inspiration: “Children On The Steps,” By Olga Boznanska
Boznańska was born in Kraków during foreign partitions of Poland. She was the daughter of a railway engineer, Adam Nowina Boznański, and Eugenia née Mondan of French…
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Biography: Olga Boznańska
Olga Boznańska (1865–1940) was a Polish painter known for her portraits and genre scenes. She was born on April 15, 1865,…
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Biography: Władysław Ślewiński
Władysław Ślewiński (1856–1918) was a Polish painter associated with the Symbolist movement. He was born in Kraków, Poland, and later studied…
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Inspiration: “Ogród Saski,” by Aleksander Gierymski
OGRÓD SASKIAleksander Gierymski (1850-1901)1887Polish Aleksander Gierymski completed Secondary State School in Warsaw in 1867, and in the same year commenced drawing…