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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jan_MatejkoJan Matejko - Wikipedia

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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.

2. polishatheart.com › artist-jan-matejko-puttingArtist Jan Matejko - putting Poland on the map - Polish at heart

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   May 28, 2021 · The portrait of Jan Matejko’s “Copernicus: Conversations with God” recently arrived at the National Gallery in London. It is the first work of a Polish artist to be on show there and only the second time the painting has been exhibited outside its home in Kraków.

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   Jun 24, 2024 · Matejko depicted not only the arrival of the princess from Prague to Poland in 966, but also of St Adalbert, a missionary killed by the Prussians in 997. His martyrdom gave rise to the establishment of an archbishopric in Gniezno, and thus the right to perform royal coronations.

4. ampoleagle.com › pacb-takes-a-look-at-matejkosPACB takes a look at Matejko’s life and top ten paintings

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   Apr 20, 2024 · Matejko's personal life included marrying Tendora Giebultowska and having five children, with the family residing at 41 Florian St. in Krakow. The site now serves as a museum that in part pays homage to Matejko who died Nov. 1, 1893 after a ruptured stomach ulcer.

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   Poland – The Year 1863 (Polish – Polonia – Rok 1863) or The Forging of Poland (Zakuwana Polska) is an early and unfinished oil on canvas painting by Jan Matejko, painted in 1864 in response to his experiences during the January Uprising and now in the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow.

6. culture.pl › en › artistJan Matejko - Biography | Artist | Culture.pl

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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.

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   Where did Jan Matejko live?

   • Jan Matejko, Self-portrait, 1892, National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Matejko lived all his life in Krakow, where he studied at the School of Fine Arts (1852–1858) and where he chose historical painting as his specialization. In 1859, Matejko also received a scholarship from the School of Fine Arts in Munich.

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   Who is Jan Matejko?

   • Jan Matejko, Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God, 1873, Collegium Novum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. Probably the most famous painting of Matejko is Battle of Grunwald (1878) depicting another event from Polish history, this time from 1410. It is the victory of the Polish-Lithuanian army over the Teutonic Knights.

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   Where did Matejko go to school?

   • Matejko spent most of his life in Kraków. He enrolled at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts at age fourteen, where he studied under notable artists such as Wojciech Korneli Stattler and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and completed his first major historical painting in 1853.

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   When was Matejko born?

   • 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 ]

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   Why was Matejko important?

   • Matejko depicted not only the arrival of the princess from Prague to Poland in 966, but also of St Adalbert, a missionary killed by the Prussians in 997. His martyrdom gave rise to the establishment of an archbishopric in Gniezno, and thus the right to perform royal coronations.

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   How did Matejko die?

   • Matejko suffered from a peptic ulcer, and died in Kraków on 1 November of internal bleeding. [ 31 ] His funeral on 5 November drew large crowds, and his death was newsworthy in at least thirty two European newspapers. [ 37 ] He was buried in Kraków's Rakowicki Cemetery.

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   Jan 21, 2021 · Jan Matejko (1838–1893) is one of the most famous Polish painters. When he was in his twenties, he was twice awarded the gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris, where his paintings hung alongside the works of Alexandre Cabanel and Jean-Léon Gérôme.