Jacek Malczewski, Hamlet Polski - Portert Aleksandra Wielopolskiego
(Polish Hamlet, Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski)
1903, oil on canvas.
J. Malczewski was a symbolist painter of the pre-independence era. In his numerous paintings he depicted Poland with the use of traditional allegory of Polonia - a young woman. In "Polish Hamlet" he contrasted two Polonias - a young, revolutionary one who broke the chains, and an old, enslaved one, who nonetheless proudly carries the crown of the first kings of Poland. With Hamlet as a symbol of dilemma, the painting might be read as a Malczewski's manifest of which of the two concurring vision of Poland is able to win independence.
Poland regained independence in 11 November 1918.
Happy Independence Day, Poland!
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Jacek Malczewski, Polonia 1918
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„A vehicle against a winter landscape” (~1930) Rafał Malczewski
National Museum in Warsaw
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Thanatos, (1898-99) by Jacek Malczewski.
Jacek Maczewski (1854-1929) was a prominent Polish painter. He is regarded as the father of Polish Symbolism.
He combined familiarness with the unknown, his iddilic lanscapes are contrasted with surreal figures of angels, gods, folk creatures, and personifications.
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Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929) “Portrait of a daughter” ca. 1900 oil on canvas Photo is taken by: @robertpuffjr Jacek Malczewski was a Polish symbolist painter who is one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following a century of Partitions. He is regarded as the father of Polish Symbolism. (This writeup is taken from the description at the Wikipedia.) Silesian Museum in Katowice, Poland 🇵🇱 #historyofart #arthistory #greatworksofart #artmuseum #art #artist #masterpiece #painting #museumvisit #artlover #artists #artblogger #jacek #malczewskijacek #jacekmalczewski #malczewski (at Gdansk, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhxVZnLQFx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Pensive Faun by Jacek Malczewski (1910)
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Jacek Malczewski, Finis Poloniae,
1905, oil on canvas
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Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929)
"Death" (1902)
Oil on canvas
Symbolism
Located in the National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
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Art painted by Jacek Malczewski (1854 - 1929)
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