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The following is a list of some important Polish artists and groups of artists. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Morris Katz (born Moshe Katz on March 5, 1932 – November 12, 2010) was a Polish-American painter. He holds two Guinness World Records as the world's fastest painter and most prolific artist. He was known as the "King of Schlock Art" and the "King of Toilet Paper Art" due to his unique painting technique using a palette knife and toilet tissue ...
See also External links A Bronislaw Abramowicz (1837–1912) Piotr Abraszewski (1905–1996) Julia Acker (1898–1942) Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852–1916) Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861–1917) Hiacynt Alchimowicz (1841–after 1897) Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840–1916) Zygmunt Andrychiewicz (1861–1943) Włodzimierz Antkowiak (born 1946) Zofia Atteslander (1874–c. 1928) Aleksander Augustynowicz ...
Stanisław Szukalski (13 December 1893 – 19 May 1987) was a Polish sculptor and painter who became a part of the Chicago Renaissance. [1] Szukalski's art appears to show influences from ancient cultures, Egypt, Slavs, and Aztecs combined with elements of art nouveau and other currents of early 20th century European modernism - cubism, expressionism, futurism.
Jan Henryk Rosen (1891–1982), Polish/American painter; James Rosenquist (1933–2017), American artist; Alexander Roslin (1718–1798), Swedish portrait painter; Toros Roslin (1210–1270), Armenian manuscript illuminator; Alex Ross (born 1970), American book artist and designer; Bob Ross (1942–1995), American painter and art instructor
Joanna Salska (active since the 1980s), Polish-American visual artist; Resia Schor (1910–2006), Polish-American artist; Maria Seyda (1893–1989), portrait painter; Krystyna Smiechowska (born 1935), painter; Karina Smigla-Bobinski (born 1967), intermedia contemporary artist; Anna Sobol-Wejman (born 1946), printmaker
Polish art has often reflected European trends while maintaining its unique character. The Kraków school of history painting developed by Jan Matejko produced monumental portrayals of significant events and customs throughout Polish history. He is referred to as the most famous Polish painter or even as the "national painter" of Poland.
Matejko was born on 24 June 1838, in the Free City of Kraków. [2] His father, Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (Czech: František Xaver Matějka) (born 1789 or 13 January 1793, died 26 October 1860), a Czech from the village of Roudnice, was a graduate of the Hradec Králové school who later became a tutor and music teacher. [2]