Notable Alumni of Academy of Fine Art of Krakow [Sorted List]

1. Stanisław Dębicki

1866-1924 (aged 58)

painter art educator graphic artist illustrator

Stanisław Mieczysław Dębicki, was a Polish painter and illustrator.

2. Henryk Gotlib

1890-1966 (aged 76)

sculptor painter writer

Henryk Gotlib was a Polish painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and writer, who settled in England during World War II and made a significant contribution to modern British art. He was profoundly influenced by Rembrandt, and the European Expressionist painters. Gotlib was a leading member of the Polish avant-garde 'Formist' movement in the interwar Poland.

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3. Władysław Jarocki

1879-1965 (aged 86)

painter explorer traveler university teacher

Władysław Jarocki was a Polish explorer and painter born in Ukraine, then Austria-Hungary. He competed in the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Most of his artwork was concerned with the Polish Highlanders, the Gorals.

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4. Roman Kochanowski

1857-1945 (aged 88)

painter draftsperson artist

Roman Kochanowski was a Polish painter and illustrator who lived in Germany. He is mostly known for his landscapes, although he occasionally did portraits as well.

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5. Margit Sielska-Reich

1900-1980 (aged 80)

painter visual artist photographer

Margit Sielska-Reich was a Polish-Ukrainian painter who worked in Lviv.

6. Bronislaw Abramowicz

1837-1912 (aged 75)

painter

Bronisław Abramowicz was a Polish painter, born in Załuchów.

7. Adam Studziński

1911-2008 (aged 97)

Catholic priest

Fr. Adam Studziński was a Polish Roman Catholic priest (of the Dominican Order). Studzinski served as chaplain of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II.

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8. Zygmunt Rozwadowski

1870-1950 (aged 80)

painter

Zygmunt Rozwadowski was a Polish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

9. Stanisław Kamocki

1875-1944 (aged 69)

painter university teacher

Stanisław Kamocki was a Polish painter.

10. Osyp Kurylas

1870-1951 (aged 81)

art educator painter graphic artist

Osyp Petrovych Kurylas was a Ukrainian painter and graphic artist best known for his depictions of Hutsuls and postcards depicting the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, among other works.

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11. Olga Niewska

1898-1943 (aged 45)

sculptor

Olga Niewska was a Polish sculptor who competed in the art competitions at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

12. Aleksander Augustynowicz

1865-1944 (aged 79)

painter

Aleksander Augustynowicz was a Polish painter active in Poland.

13. Tadeusz Popiel

1863-1913 (aged 50)

painter

Tadeusz Popiel was a Polish painter, known for his religious and historical scenes; especially his work on several famous panoramas. His brother was the sculptor Antoni Popiel.

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14. Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz

1861-1917 (aged 56)

painter artist

Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz was a Polish realist painter of the late 19th century specializing in portraits, genre and historical painting. Ajdukiewicz, was born and raised in Galicia, settled in the imperial capital upon the completion of his studies, but maintained a close connection with his homeland. While in Vienna, he illustrated the epic novel The Deluge (Potop) by Polish Nobel Prize-winning...

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15. Stanisław Lentz

1861-1920 (aged 59)

painter university teacher caricaturist draftsperson

Stanisław Lentz was a Polish painter, portraitist, illustrator, and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1909.

16. Gela Seksztajn

1907-1943 (aged 36)

graphic artist painter

Gela Seksztajn was a Polish artist and painter. She is known mostly for her portraits and other paintings hidden within the Ringelblum Archive, in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. The paintings were found after the end of World War II, and are now held mostly in the archive of the Jewish Historical Institute, in Warsaw, Poland.

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17. Zygmunt Kamiński

1888-1969 (aged 81)

graphic artist painter

Zygmunt Kamiński was a Polish painter and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also designed the modern Coat of arms of Poland.

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18. Wincenty Wodzinowski

1866-1940 (aged 74)

painter

Wincenty Wodzinowski was a Polish painter and art teacher; associated with the Young Poland movement.

19. Bolesław Barbacki

1891-1941 (aged 50)

painter

Bolesław Barbacki was a Polish painter.

20. Wojciech Jastrzębowski

1884-1963 (aged 79)

designer lecturer graphic artist sculptor visual artist

Wojciech Jastrzębowski was a Polish sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

21. Stefan Filipkiewicz

1879-1944 (aged 65)

painter visual artist graphic artist

Stefan Filipkiewicz pronounced [ˈstɛfan filipˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ] was a Polish painter and designer, notable for his landscapes inspired by the Young Poland movement. He was a leading representative of the Polish Art Nouveau style of painting.

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22. Aleksander Kobzdej

1920-1972 (aged 52)

teacher painter scenographer architect draftsperson

Aleksander Kobzdej was a Polish painter. He was born in, what was then, Ukraine. Kobzdej is best known for being one of the most prominent representatives of the Polish Social Realist group, and for being the creator of unique Polish versions of "matter" painting.

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23. Józef Rapacki

1871-1929 (aged 58)

painter draftsperson graphic artist

Józef Rapacki was a Polish painter, watercolorist and graphic designer; best known for his nostalgic landscapes of Mazovia.

24. Iwo Gall

1890-1959 (aged 69)

pedagogue theatrical director scenographer

Iwo Gall was a Polish theater director, stage designer and pedagogue.

25. Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski

1866-1946 (aged 80)

painter

Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski was a Polish painter who specialised in realist and romanticist works. Born in Lwów (then Lemberg in Austro-Hungarian Galicia, now Lviv, Ukraine), in 1885 he graduated from the Kraków-based Academy of Fine Arts. A student of Florian Cynk and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, he moved to Vienna and then Munich, where he studied under the tutelage of Alexander von Liezen-Mayer...

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26. Eugeniusz Geppert

1890-1979 (aged 89)

university teacher painter watercolorist

Eugeniusz Geppert was a Polish painter associated with the Colourist movement, organizer of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław.

27. Abraham Neumann

1873-1942 (aged 69)

painter

Abraham Neumann was a Polish-Jewish painter and artist active in Kraków and Mandatory Palestine.

28. Henryk Kuna

1879-1945 (aged 66)

painter sculptor

Henryk Kuna was a Polish sculptor, active in the early twentieth century. His long career produced many famous works of arts including several renowned public monuments in his native country of Poland.

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29. Kazimierz Pochwalski

1855-1940 (aged 85)

university teacher teacher painter portraitist artist

Kazimierz Teofil Pochwalski was a Polish painter known primarily for his portraits, although he produced works in a wide variety of genres.

30. Aleksander Janicki

1963-. (aged 63)

performance artist

Aleksander Janicki is a Polish graphic artist, photographer, stage designer, multimedia concept designer and performer.

31. Mykola Burachek

1871-1942 (aged 71)

writer painter art historian university teacher

Mykola Burachek or Buraček, was a Ukrainian Impressionist painter and pedagogue.

32. Jerzy Bereś

1930-2012 (aged 82)

painter wood carver performance artist sculptor visual artist

Jerzy Bereś was a Polish sculptor, author and performance artist.

33. Franciszek Mączyński

1874-1947 (aged 73)

architect

Franciszek Mączyński was a Polish Art Nouveau architect. Prominent by 1910, his commissions include several major churches, and turn-of-the-century civic and cultural institutions designed in a Polish-influenced Secession style. In 1936 he was awarded the Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature.

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34. Roman Kramsztyk

1885-1942 (aged 57)

painter

Roman Kramsztyk was a Polish realist painter of Jewish descent in the interwar period. He was shot dead in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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35. Erna Rosenstein

1913-2004 (aged 91)

painter poet writer

Erna Rosenstein was a Polish-Jewish painter and Holocaust survivor. She was part of the surrealist movement both as a visual artist and a writer.

36. Czesław Dźwigaj

1950-. (aged 76)

sculptor

Czesław Dźwigaj is a Polish artist, sculptor, and professor. Creator of numerous monuments, he is most often associated with monuments of Pope John Paul II, almost 50 of which have left his workshop.

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37. Leopold Gottlieb

1879-1934 (aged 55)

painter artist graphic artist

Leopold Gottlieb was a Polish-Jewish modernist painter and part of the School of Paris. His brother Maurycy Gottlieb, also a painter, died before Leopold was born.

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38. Waldemar Świerzy

1931-2013 (aged 82)

designer painter typographer graphic artist

Waldemar Świerzy was a Polish artist.

39. Kazimierz Sichulski

1879-1942 (aged 63)

painter graphic artist university teacher caricaturist

Kazimierz Sichulski was a Polish painter, lithographer and caricaturist; associated with the Young Poland movement. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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40. Zygmunt Andrychiewicz

1861-1943 (aged 82)

painter

Zygmunt Andrychiewicz was a Polish painter of portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes.

41. Jan Nepomucen Głowacki

1802-1847 (aged 45)

university teacher painter teacher

Jan Nepomucen Głowacki was a Polish realist painter of the Romantic era, regarded as the most outstanding landscape painter of the early 19th century in Poland under the foreign partitions. Głowacki studied painting at the Kraków School of Fine Arts and later at the academies of Prague and Vienna, as well as Rome and Munich. He returned to Kraków in...

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42. Ludwik de Laveaux

1868-1894 (aged 26)

painter

Stanisław Ludwik de Laveaux was a Polish painter.

43. Władysław Łuszczkiewicz

1828-1900 (aged 72)

museologist teacher university teacher restorer painter

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz was a Polish historian and painter of the late Romantic era from Kraków, active in the period of the foreign partitions of Poland. He was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and served as its principal in 1893/95. One of his best students was Jan Matejko, the eminent Polish historical painter and later, his close associate....

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44. Aleksander Kotsis

1836-1877 (aged 41)

painter

Aleksander Kotsis was a Polish painter. He created landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes in a combination Romantic and Realistic style. Most of his paintings are small. He was born and died in Kraków.

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45. Oleksa Novakivsky

1872-1935 (aged 63)

painter

Oleksa Kharlampiyovych Novakivskyi whose last name is also written as Novakivs´kyi was a Ukrainian Impressionist painter and art teacher.

46. Henryk Minkiewicz

1880-1940 (aged 60)

illustrator military officer

Henryk Minkiewicz was a Polish socialist politician and a general of the Polish Army. Former commander of the Border Defence Corps, he was among the Polish officers murdered in the Katyń massacre.

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47. Witold Wojtkiewicz

1879-1909 (aged 30)

visual artist painter draftsperson writer

Witold Wojtkiewicz was a Polish painter, illustrator and printmaker. Although generally considered an Expressionist, some of his works are precursors of Surrealism.

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48. Czesław Słania

1921-2005 (aged 84)

postage stamp designer printmaker graphic artist

Czesław Słania was a Polish postage stamp and banknote engraver, living in Sweden from 1956. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Słania was the most skilled and prolific of all stamp engravers, with over 1000 stamps to his credit. His 1000th engraved stamp, based on the 17th-century painting "Great Deeds by Swedish Kings" by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (2000),...

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49. Jan Cybis

1897-1972 (aged 75)

university teacher painter art critic

Jan Cybis was a prominent Polish painter and art teacher.

50. Roman Cieślewicz

1930-1996 (aged 66)

photographer designer graphic artist painter typographer

Roman Cieślewicz was a Polish (naturalized French) graphic artist and photographer.

51. Władysław Skoczylas

1883-1934 (aged 51)

printmaker painter art educator illustrator graphic artist

Władysław Skoczylas was a Polish watercolorist, woodcutter, sculptor and art teacher.

52. Władysław T. Benda

1873-1948 (aged 75)

painter decorator writer designer illustrator

Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda was a Polish painter, illustrator, and designer.

53. Walery Eljasz Radzikowski

1841-1905 (aged 64)

photographer graphic artist visual artist painter illustrator

Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski was a Polish painter, illustrator, teacher of fine arts and photographer active during the foreign Partitions of Poland.

54. Tytus Czyżewski

1880-1945 (aged 65)

poet painter

Tytus Czyżewski was a Polish painter, art theoretician, Futurist poet, playwright, member of the Polish Formists and a Colorist.

55. Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz

1851-1916 (aged 65)

painter

Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz was a Polish realist painter best known for his battle-scenes, portraits, landscapes and paintings of horses. He was educated in Kraków in the Austrian sector of the Partitioned Poland. He died in the armed struggle for Poland's independence around Kraków during World War I.

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56. Ewa Lipska

1945-. (aged 81)

painter poet writer

Ewa Lipska is a Polish poet from the Polish New Wave generation. Collections of her poetry have been translated into English, French, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German and Hungarian. She lives in Vienna and Kraków.

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57. Louis Marcoussis

1878-1941 (aged 63)

printmaker painter illustrator graphic artist visual artist

Louis Marcoussis was a Polish-French avant-garde painter active primarily in Paris. Markus studied law in Warsaw before attending the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, and later moved to Paris to study under Jules Lefebvre at the Académie Julian. His work was first featured in a major exhibition at the Salon d'Automne in 1905. In Paris, he became acquainted with prominent...

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58. Marian Konieczny

1930-2017 (aged 87)

sculptor

Marian Adam Konieczny was a Polish sculptor and politician, Professor and Dean at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

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59. Maria Jarema

1908-1958 (aged 50)

theatre designer painter sculptor scenographer

Maria Jarema was a Polish painter, sculptor, scenographer and actress. She was a founder of the interwar leftist avant-garde Kraków Group (Grupa Krakowska). In addition to her own artistic practice, Jarema was a long-time collaborator of the Polish painter and playwright Tadeusz Kantor.

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60. Bronisław Chromy

1925-2017 (aged 92)

painter sculptor medalist university teacher

Bronisław Chromy was a Polish sculptor, medalist, painter, and draughtsman, and a professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

61. Józef Szajna

1922-2008 (aged 86)

director actor scenographer painter sculptor

Józef Szajna was a Polish set designer, director, playwright, theoretician of the theatre, painter and graphic artist.

62. Jurgis Savickis

1890-1952 (aged 62)

diplomat writer

Jurgis Savickis was a Lithuanian short story writer and diplomat representing interwar Lithuania mostly in the Scandinavian countries.

63. Tadeusz Makowski

1882-1932 (aged 50)

painter poet graphic artist art theorist

Tadeusz Makowski was a Polish painter who worked in France and was associated with the School of Paris.

64. Ivan Trush

1869-1941 (aged 72)

anthropologist painter patron of the arts art critic

Ivan Ivanovych Trush was a Ukrainian impressionist painter, a master of landscape and portraiture, an art critic, and active community patron of arts in Galicia or Halychyna – a historical region in western Ukraine. He was a son in law of Mykhailo Drahomanov.

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65. Wojciech Weiss

1875-1950 (aged 75)

university teacher painter graphic artist

Wojciech Weiss was a prominent Polish painter and draughtsman of the Young Poland movement.

66. Józef Czapski

1896-1993 (aged 97)

literary critic essayist painter writer draftsperson

Józef Czapski was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an Major of the Polish Army reserves. As a painter, he is notable for his membership in the Kapist movement, which was heavily influenced by Cézanne. Following the Polish Defensive War, he was made a prisoner of war by the Soviets and was among the very few officers...

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67. Wojciech Jerzy Has

1925-2000 (aged 75)

screenwriter film director teacher film producer

Wojciech Jerzy Has was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer.

68. Artur Grottger

1837-1867 (aged 30)

painter

Artur Grottger was a Polish Romantic painter and graphic artist, one of the most prominent artists of the mid 19th century under the partitions of Poland, despite a life cut short by incurable illness.

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69. Leon Wyczółkowski

1852-1936 (aged 84)

painter sculptor graphic artist draftsperson

Leon Jan Wyczółkowski was a Polish painter and educator who was one of the leading painters of the Young Poland movement, as well as the principal representative of Polish Realism in art of the Interbellum. From 1895 to 1911 he served as professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and from 1934, at the Warsaw Academy...

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70. Xawery Dunikowski

1875-1964 (aged 89)

university teacher painter sculptor

Xawery Dunikowski was a Polish sculptor and artist, notable for surviving Auschwitz concentration camp, and best known for his Neo-Romantic sculptures and Auschwitz-inspired art.

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71. Jan Marcin Szancer

1902-1973 (aged 71)

graphic designer printmaker

Jan Marcin Szancer was a Polish illustrator, scenographer and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

72. Ryszard Horowitz

1939-. (aged 87)

singer photographer graphic artist

Ryszard Horowitz is a Polish-born American photographer recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography that predates digital imaging.

73. Mariusz Zaruski

1867-1941 (aged 74)

military officer writer painter poet sailor

Mariusz Zaruski was a brigadier-general in the Polish Army, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting, an outstanding climber of the winter and caves of Tatra Mountains. He was a photographer, painter, poet and writer, a seamen and traveler, a conspirator, legionnaire and lancer in Polish cavalry.

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74. Wilhelm Sasnal

1972-. (aged 54)

photographer draftsperson film director visual artist painter

Wilhelm Sasnal is a Polish painter, photographer, poster artist, illustrator and filmmaker. Sasnal graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in 1999. He is considered one of the most prominent and internationally successful Polish contemporary artists.

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75. Jerzy Nowosielski

1923-2011 (aged 88)

theologian university teacher painter iconographer philosopher

Jerzy Nowosielski was a Polish painter, graphic artist, scenographer, illustrator and Eastern Orthodox theologian. He is regarded among the greatest contemporary Polish icon painters.

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76. Jerzy Kawalerowicz

1922-2007 (aged 85)

screenwriter film director director film producer

Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz was a Polish film director, screenwriter and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since 1985 until 1989.

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77. Krystyna Zachwatowicz

1930-. (aged 96)

costume designer athlete university teacher theatrical director social activist

Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda is a Polish scenographer, costume designer and actress. She is a daughter of architect and restorer Jan Zachwatowicz and Maria Chodźko h. Kościesza, and wife of film director Andrzej Wajda. Member of the Polish Film Academy.

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78. Stanisław Wyspiański

1869-1907 (aged 38)

playwright pedagogue scenographer architect writer

Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański was a Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created symbolic national dramas accordant with the artistic premises of the Young Poland movement.

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79. Maciej Berbeka

1954-2013 (aged 59)

mountain guide painter mountaineer

Maciej Berbeka was a Polish mountaineer and mountain guide.

80. Stanisław Szukalski

1893-1987 (aged 94)

painter sculptor graphic artist art theorist

Stanisław Szukalski was a Polish sculptor and painter who became a part of the Chicago Renaissance. Szukalski's art appears to show influences from ancient cultures, Egypt, Slavs, and Aztecs combined with elements of art nouveau and other currents of early 20th century European modernism: cubism, expressionism, and futurism. During the 1920s, he was hailed as Poland's "greatest living artist". His...

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81. Jacek Malczewski

1854-1929 (aged 75)

public figure painter art educator university teacher

Jacek Malczewski was a Polish symbolist painter who was one of the central figures of the patriotic Young Poland movement.

82. Edward Rydz-Śmigły

1886-1941 (aged 55)

military officer politician painter writer poet

Marshal Edward Śmigły-Rydz [ˈɛdvard ˈɕmiɡɫɨ rɨdz] also Edward Rydz-Śmigły, was a Polish politician, statesman, Marshal of Poland and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces, as well as a painter and poet.

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83. Tadeusz Kantor

1915-1990 (aged 75)

painter theatrical director scenographer aphorist sculptor

Tadeusz Kantor was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director. Kantor is renowned for his revolutionary theatrical performances in Poland and abroad. Laureate of Witkacy Prize – Critics' Circle Award (1989).

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84. Igor Mitoraj

1944-2014 (aged 70)

jewelry designer sculptor

Igor Mitoraj, born Jerzy Makina, was a Polish artist and monumental sculptor. Known for his fragmented sculptures of the human body often created as large-scale installations in public places. His work is internationally exhibited, mainly in Europe.

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85. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

1923-2014 (aged 91)

phenomenologist philosopher university teacher

Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka was a Polish philosopher, phenomenologist, founder and president of The World Phenomenology Institute, and editor (from its inception in the late 1960s) of the book series, Analecta Husserliana. She had a thirty-two-year friendship and occasional academic collaboration with Pope John Paul II.

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86. Roman Polanski

1933-. (aged 93)

film director film screenwriter director producer theatrical director

Raymond Roman Thierry Polański is a Polish and French filmmaker and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards, ten César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or.

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87. Andrzej Wajda

1926-2016 (aged 90)

television director director theatre manager film producer screenwriter

Andrzej Witold Wajda was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of A Generation (1955), Kanał (1957) and Ashes and Diamonds...

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88. Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

1885-1939 (aged 54)

playwright art theorist philosopher writer painter

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period.

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89. Krystian Lupa

1943-. (aged 83)

playwright graphic artist university teacher scenographer translator

Krystian Lupa is a Polish theatre director, set designer, playwright, translator and pedagogue. He has been called "the greatest living European theatre director".

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90. Zbigniew Herbert

1924-1998 (aged 74)

essayist writer playwright author poet

Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s (a volume titled Chord of Light was issued in 1956), soon after he voluntarily ceased submitting most of his works to official Polish government publications. He resumed...

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91. Piotr Stachiewicz

1858-1938 (aged 80)

illustrator painter

Piotr Stachiewicz was a Polish painter and illustrator.

92. Eugeniusz Kazimirowski

1873-1939 (aged 66)

painter iconographer

Eugeniusz Marcin Kazimirowski was a Polish painter, and member of the realism movement. He is best known for the first depiction of the Divine Mercy image in 1934, based on a request from Faustyna Kowalska and her confessor Michael Sopoćko.

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93. Teodor Axentowicz

1859-1938 (aged 79)

graphic artist painter

Teodor Axentowicz was a Polish-Armenian painter and university professor. He was also the rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. As an artist, Axentowicz was famous for his portraits and scenes of Hutsul life, set in the Carpathians.

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94. Julian Fałat

1853-1929 (aged 76)

landscape painter teacher painter traveler watercolorist

Julian Fałat was one of the most prolific Polish watercolorists, one of the country's foremost landscapists, and a leading impressionist.

95. Wojciech Kossak

1856-1942 (aged 86)

painter typographer graphic artist

Wojciech Horacy Kossak was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of artists and writers. He was the son of painter Juliusz Kossak, and twin brother of freedom fighter Tadeusz Kossak, and the father of two highly talented literary daughters, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec and of a painter son, Jerzy Kossak.

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96. Jan Matejko

1838-1893 (aged 55)

painter university teacher

Jan Alojzy Matejko was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oil paintings such as Stańczyk (1862), Rejtan (1866), Union of Lublin (1869), Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (1873), or Battle of Grunwald (1878). He was the author of numerous portraits, a gallery...

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97. Dea Trier Mørch

1941-2001 (aged 60)

graphic artist writer

Dea Trier Mørch was a Danish artist and writer. She gained fame in 1976 with Vinterbørn, translated into English as Winter's Child.

98. Franciszek Żmurko

1859-1910 (aged 51)

painter

Franciszek Żmurko was a Polish realist painter. Żmurko began drawing lessons as a young boy in his hometown with the painter Franciszek Tepa. As an adolescent he relocated to Kraków to study at the Academy of Fine Arts where he took lessons from Professor Jan Matejko. In 1877 Żmurko moved to Vienna, Austria where he was accepted at the Vienna...

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99. Ephraim Moses Lilien

1874-1925 (aged 51)

exlibrist graphic artist painter publisher etcher

Maurycy "Ephraim Moses" Lilien was a Polish-Jewish Art Nouveau illustrator and printmaker particularly noted for his art on Jewish themes and his influence on the Bezalel school art movement. He is sometimes called the "first Zionist artist."

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100. Józef Mehoffer

1869-1946 (aged 77)

stained-glass artist teacher painter graphic artist decorator

Józef Mehoffer was a Polish painter and decorative artist, one of the leading artists of the Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time.

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