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Jan Alojzy Matejko (ur. 24 czerwca [a] 1838 w Krakowie, zm. 1 listopada 1893 tamże) – polski malarz, twórca obrazów historycznych i batalistycznych, historiozof. Jeden z najwybitniejszych polskich malarzy w historii [1] .
Jan Alojzy Matejko (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan aˈlɔjzɨ maˈtɛjkɔ] ⓘ; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history.
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Jan Matejko (born 1838 in Kraków, died 1893 in Kraków) showed the former grandeur of the Polish Republic and the glory of its armies to lift the hearts and minds of Poles and to resurrect faith in the restoration of an independent country.
Jan Alojzy Matejko (Polish pronunciation: [jan aˈlɔjzɨ maˈtɛjko] ( listen); also known as Jan Mateyko; June 24, 1838 – November 1, 1893) was a Polish painter known for paintings of notable historical Polish political and military events.
- Polish
- June 24, 1838
- Krakow, Poland
- November 1, 1893
Jan Matejko, The Hanging of the Sigismund bell, 1874. In 1888, Matejko began work on a cycle of twelve paintings of ‘The History of Civilisation in Poland’ series. It opens with the scene of the adoption of Christianity by Polish ruler Mieszko I.
#architektura. #design. #film. #literatura. #muzyka. #sztuki wizualne. Więcej tematów. Indeks twórców i dzieł. Multimedia. Podcast. Malarz, rysownik związany z Krakowem, najwybitniejszy reprezentant nurtu historyzmu w malarstwie polskim. Urodzony w 1838 w Krakowie, zmarł tamże w 1893.
Jan Matejko's Battle of Grunwald is indisputably one of the most famous paintings in Poland's national collection. The painting has followed a tumultuous track through more than a century of cultural and political change, inspiring artists, authors, filmmakers, historians and even politicians.
