 He was the most famous artist of XIXth century.  J. Malczewski painted pictures full of symbols.  He was one of the main representatives of Young Polish Artists

 J. Malczewski was born on July 14th, 1854 in Radom  J. Malczewski died on October 8th, 1929 in Kraków

 Melancholy  Religion  Death  Life  Symbolism  Botheration  Existentialism

J. Malczewski is one of the greatest and most acclaimed artists in the history of Polish art. At the beginning of the nineties at the end of the last century, his paintings introduced the Symbolism into the „Young Poland” school of painting, stimulating the rebirth of the Romantic. Malczewski’s father,Julian, had a major influence on shaping his son’s worldview and personality.

Malczewski began his formal artistic education in 1872 in Kraków He supplemented his academic studies with private drawing lessons from Florian cynk.

Malczewski’s self – portraits establish an autonomous and extensive trend in his art.Painted in a realistic convention,Malczewski’s self portraits depict his own image surrounded by the characters from his compositions - Eloe, Ellenai,Muses,Medusas,Fauns – in an illusive, almost touchable manner.

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