Jan Matejko

(1838–1893) Polish painter (1838–1893)

Jan Matejko (1838–1893) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jan Matejko belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jan Matejko was born in Free City of Kraków and died in Kraków. Jan Matejko trained at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Jagiellonian University, and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The teachers included Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, Wojciech Stattler, and Feliks Szynalewski. Jan Matejko worked in Vienna, Paris, and Munich. Jan Matejko became a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbian Learned Society, and Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie. The awards include Knight of the Legion of Honour and Order of the Iron Crown (Austria). The students included Maurycy Gottlieb, Jacek Malczewski, and Stanisław Wyspiański.

The best-known works include ‘Prussian Homage’, ‘Battle of Grunwald’, ‘Constitution of May 3, 1791’, and ‘Stańczyk’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, portrait painting, and animal painting. The catalogue has 146 works by Jan Matejko with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1934. Works by Jan Matejko are held by several collections, among them Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Warsaw, and Warszawas slott.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Heinrich Lang, Antoni Caba Casamitjana, Walter Shirlaw, William Keith, and Eduardo de Martino.