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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.
May 28, 2021 · Through choosing to paint these events, Matejko put the history of a non-existent country on the world map. He carefully chose elements of his composition almost like a theatre set to express the emotions of a scene, engaging the viewer and raising the significance of the past to prove it influenced the present.
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 was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history.
Apr 24, 2023 · 15 E 65th St, New York, NY 10065 Polish Cultural Institute New York and The Kościuszko Foundation organized a lecture “Jan Matejko—painting, history, modernity” with Professor Andrzej Szczerski, the director of the National Museum in Kraków.
Feb 8, 2015 · Jan Alojzy Matejko was born in 1838, the ninth of eleven children of a Krakow music teacher and his German/Polish wife. As a young child of ten, he witnessed the Krakow Revolution and the Siege of Krakow which ended the city's status as a Free City with its fall to Austria.
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Jan Matejko, born on June 24, 1838, in Kraków, was a prodigious Polish artist known for his detailed historical paintings that vividly captured pivotal moments in Polish history.
