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The painting, one of Matejko's most recognizable works and one of the best known paintings in Poland, likely has contributed to the popular image of the battle of Grunwald, and its enduring fame in Polish consciousness. [2] The painting inspired Stanisław Wyspiański, who mentioned it in several of his works. [3]
Jan Alojzy Matejko (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan aˈlɔjzɨ maˈtɛjkɔ] ⓘ; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 [nb 1] – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history.
Pages in category "Paintings by Jan Matejko" ... Battle of Grunwald (Matejko) Blind Veit Stoss with his granddaughter; C. Constitution of 3 May 1791 (painting) H.
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The painting is one of Matejko's best known works [13] and today it is commonly seen as one of his masterpieces, an "education in national history." [ 11 ] [ 14 ] However, it was less well received by his contemporaries, with turn-of-the-century reviews criticizing it for being "too crowded" and with unclear composition; supporters of Matejko's ...
Introduction of Christianity to Poland, A.D. 966, the first painting in the series. History of Civilization in Poland (Polish: Dzieje Cywilizacji w Polsce) is a cycle of twelve oil sketches on canvas and wood, created by the Polish nominal painter Jan Matejko in 1889 with accompanying commentaries.
Jan Matejko (1838–1893) was a Polish painter and academic. He is best known for large canvases devoted to major figures and events in Polish history, such as Stańczyk , Skarga's Sermon , Rejtan , Union of Lublin , Battle of Grunwald , Prussian Homage and Constitution of 3 May .
Whereas Matejko shows Copernicus on top of a tower, in reality his small observatory was probably at ground level, possibly in the garden of his house. [6] Most of Matejko's notable paintings consist of large group scenes. A scene with a single individual such as this, another being Stańczyk, tends to be exceptional in his oeuvre. [2]