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Spadająca Gwiazda, “Falling Star” by Witold Pruszkowski, 1884

Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This a reproduction of Witold Pruszkowski’s “Spadaj?ca Gwiazda”, or Falling Star, of 1884.  Witold Pruszkowski was born in 1846 and spent his youth in Odessa and Kiev.  He studied under Tadeusz Gorecki in Paris and moved to Munich and Krakow and studied under Jan Matejko in the latter city.  He began as a portrait painter and in 1884 moved to a small village outside of Krakow where his subject matter became legends, fables and folk-tales.  He painted Falling Star during this period and he died in 1896.  This particular masterpiece is at the National Museum in Warsaw.

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