Jacek Malczewski
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Jacek Malczewski (15 July 1854 – October 1929) was one of Poland's most celebrated painters, he was associated with the Young Poland movement during the century of Partitions.
He is often described as the father of Polish symbolism.
Malczewski's creative output mixed the popular style of his time, including historical traces of Polish martyrdom, Christian and Greek traditions, folk mythology, and even the love of the natural environment.
Personal life
Julia (born 1888) and Rafa (born 1892), both painters, were married to Maria née Garlewski. Before World War II, his son sold off all of his father's works left to him at the National Museum in Warsaw. During the war, he left Poland and settled in Montréal, following travel through Southern Europe and Brazil.
Maria Bal (Balowa) Brunicka's paintings is alleged to have been his long-time lover, according to reports. He lost his sight towards the end of his life and died in Kraków on October 8, 1929. He was buried in Skaka, Poland's national Panthéon.
Artistic career
Malczewski started his artistic training in 1872 under the watchful eye of Polish painter and draughtsman Leon Piccard, who attended his first art classes at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków. Malczewski, a year later, attended the School in 1873 and studied with uszkiewicz, Feliks Szynalewski, and Florian Cynk. He went to Paris in 1876 and spent a year at the École des Beaux-Arts in Henri Lehmann's studio. He then migrated to Académie Suisse.
Malczewski had already started master classes with Jan Matejko in 1875 and concluded them in 1879 after returning from abroad. Despite substantial stylistic differences between them, Malczewski was heavily inspired by Matejko's historical painting, which was full of neo-romantic metaphor and patriotic themes. Malczewski completed a course in composition under Matejko in 1879. He was equally taken by Artur Grottger's lyrical paintings. His painting revolved around a few carefully chosen motifs, which were often retold and expanded according to mythology and packed with national symbols. Malczewski's own imagination inspired him to channel his creativity and let new aesthetic concepts emerge, giving rise to what became Poland's School of Symbolism.
Malczewski visited Paris, Munich, and Vienna over the course of 30 years from 1885 to 1916. He has been on several trips to Italy, Greece, and Turkey. He participated in Karol Lanckoroski's archeological expedition. He took inspiration from a variety of sources, often exotic or biblical, and turned them back into Polish folklore, history, and motifs in his own artwork. Bdne koooo (Vicious Circle, 1895–1904), Melancholia (1890–1894), Natchnienie malarza (Painter's Muse, 1897), Bozja (A Vision, 1912), and Bajki are two of his most popular canvases. Self-portraits in elaborate costume, a signature of his style, have a large sense of self-mocking humour in many of his paintings.
Malczewski was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1897 to 1921. In 1912, he was named rector of the academy. His art has been likened to that of Frenchman Gustave Moreau, the Swiss Arnold Böcklin, and even to Spaniard Salvador Dali. His artworks have been recognized at international shows including Berlin in 1891, Munich in 1892, and Paris in 1900.
