Jacek Malczewski

(1854–1929) Polish painter (1854–1929)

Jacek Malczewski (Poland, 1854–1929) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jacek Malczewski belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jacek Malczewski was born in Radom and died in Kraków. Jacek Malczewski trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The teachers included Jan Matejko and Feliks Szynalewski. Jacek Malczewski worked in Kraków, Paris, Italy, and Munich. Wikidata associates Jacek Malczewski with Symbolism. Jacek Malczewski became a member of Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". The awards include Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

One of the best-known works is ‘Polish Hamlet. Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski’. The catalogue has 250 works by Jacek Malczewski with free images. The dated works span the years 1880–1926. Works by Jacek Malczewski are held by several collections, among them Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Warsaw, and Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antoni Piotrowski, Stanisław Masłowski, Julian Fałat, Hermione von Preuschen, and Rodolphe Ernst.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• En polsk Hamlet - porträtt av Aleksander Wielopolski