Artist Jan Matejko is a national hero in his native Poland, where his paintings are a symbol of the universal struggle of liberty. His artworks record seminal moments in Polish and world history.

Rostworowski instead sees him rather as a prophetic figure predicting the unfortunate fate of the Republic, like the figure of Stańczyk in Matejko’s other paintings.</p> <p>On the right, in the lower ...

What kind of instructor could one of the greatest individualists in the history of our native painting have been? The story of the Kraków School of Fine Arts (SFA), now the Academy bearing his name, ...

The Polish art auction market has shown incredible growth over the last years, yet its relentless strength during lockdown times must have surprised even its biggest proponents. Jan Matejko, Portret ...

A work by the famous 19th-century Polish painter Jan Matejko is set to be sold at an auction in Warsaw. Jan Matejko's "Portrait of Daughter Helena with a Sparrow Hawk"Photo: Public domain, via ...

Jan Alojzy Matejko was a 19th century Polish painter born 24 June 1838. He is well known in Poland as an exponent of history painting, particularly because his life was during the partition of Poland.

Matejko’s Copernicus - the Polish master crossing borders 148 years later Unseen here before, a masterpiece coming to the National Gallery sheds divine light on a section of European painting ...

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Jan Matejko’s total sales are going up, and if so, ...