Archive for posts tagged with ‘Krakow’


Jan 30 2011

Cranes Take Off by Jozef Chelmonski, 1870

Impressionist / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc

Cranes Take Off by Jozef Chelmonski, 1870

This is a reproduction of “Cranes Take Off” of 1870 by Jozef Marian Chelmonski.  After being taught drawing by his father, Jozef Chelmonski entered the Warsaw Drawing Class in 1867 when he was eighteen.  He moved to Munich when he was twenty-two where he studied further with Polish painters there.  In 1872 he toured Polish lands under Russian administration and painted mostly landscapes.  He went to Paris three years later and became very popular.  He returned to live out his days in Poland in 1887 and he died there in 1914. This masterpiece is in the National Museum in Krakow, Poland.

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Jan 24 2011

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

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

Spadaj?ca Gwiazda, "Falling Star" by Witold Pruszkowski, 1884

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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Dec 3 2010

Frenzy of Exultations by Wladyslaw Podkowinski, 1893

Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Russian / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc

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This is a reproduction of Wladyslaw Podkowinski ‘s Symbolist masterpiece “Frenzy of Exultations” of 1893.  It is the premier work of Polish Symbolism prior to the re-establishment of the nation in 1918.  The artist began the work in Paris in 1889 while in the throws of an intense romance.  Podkowinski utilized the Academic technique of increasingly realistic sketches.  The final version was completed while the artist was seriously ill and was displayed in Warsaw n March 18, 1894.  The picture was sensationally greeted by the public and was very popular.  However Podkowinski attacked the painting which ended the  exhibition.  AFter the artist’s death nine months later, the painting was restored and it toured Krakow, Moscow and St. Petersburg.  In 1904 it was given to the National Museum in Krakow.

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