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Election of Stanislaw II

German / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “The Election of Stanislaw II August at Wola in 1746″ by Bernardo Bellotto of 1776.  This Venetian artist was fifty-two when he created this spanning panoramic vista of the field at Wola during the election of the king of Poland.  He had worked in Rome and for Charles Emmaunel III of Savoy and in 1747 at the age of about twenty-five he moved to Dresden at the invitation of August III, king of Poland.  The Austrian empress Maria Theresa invited him to work in Vienna in 1758 which he did and then moved on to work in Munich and again in Dresden.  In 1764 he became court painter to Stanislaw II of Poland in Warsaw where he remained and died in 1780.  This work is in the National Museum in Poznan, Poland.
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Adoption of the 1791 Polish Constitution

Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism / Russian - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of ” Adoption of the 1791 Polish Constitution ” of 1891 by Jan Matejko.  The adoption of a constitution for the kingdom of Poland in 1791 was a momentous event in Polish history for it marked the heroic attempt of the Polish people to throw off the tyranny of German and Russian influence in the affairs of their kingdom.  Their efforts were ill-fated at the end of the 18th century, but bloomed to success in the early twentieth century, though the travails of Poland was still not over when independence was regained in 1918.  The original painting is in the National Museum of Poland in Warsaw.

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The Shepherd’s Concert by Wojciech Gerson, 1862

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

This is a reproduction of Stanislas Lepine’s “The Shepherd’s Concert” of 1862.  This is an intimate rendition of country life in Poland.  This masterpiece was in the Kroneberg Collection but was lost in World War II.  It was found in a sale on January 21, 2004 and restored to the Polish nation.  The artist was born in 1831 Warsaw.  He graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, returned to Warsaw and left for Paris in 1850 for further studies.  He established a school in Warsaw in 1858 and was made a professor of the St. Petersburg Academy in 1878.  He died in Warsaw at the age of seventy, never seeing the resurrection of his native land into an independent country.  This is a fine example of his work and it is in the Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland.

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Cranes Take Off by Jozef Chelmonski, 1870

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

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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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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Frenzy of Exultations by Wladyslaw Podkowinski, 1893

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

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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