All posts tagged "Poland"
19th Century
Jan Matejko – The Painter of Polish History
January 21, 2021Jan Matejko (1838–1893) is one of the most famous Polish painters. When he was in his...
Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Leonardo da Vinci, The Lady with an Ermine
August 23, 2020One of the greatest masterpieces of Western art, The Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da...
19th Century
Olga Boznanska: An Uneasy Story of a Polish Painter
August 18, 2020Olga Boznanska is one of the most famous female Polish Post-Impressionists. Her multiple portraits of fragile...
dailyart
Painting of the Week: Saint Anne
August 16, 2020To the south of Egypt is the mysterious land of Nubia. It has a complex history...
Museums And Exhibitions
10 National Museum in Warsaw Highlights You Need to Know
August 10, 2020The National Museum in Warsaw is one of the most important museums in Poland. It also...
19th Century
Painting of the Week: Józef Simmler, The Death of Barbara Radziwiłł
August 2, 2020The National Museum in Warsaw is one of the largest museums in Poland and boasts an...
19th Century
Tableaux Vivants: A Long History of Recreating Art
May 1, 2020A fanciful costume, a theatrical pose, the right light… and for a few seconds the viewer...
20th century
Art in the Mail: Wisława Szymborska’s Cut-and-Paste Postcards
April 16, 2020Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, but she was also an occasional artist....
dailyart
Around the World with the National Portrait Gallery – P.2 Europe
January 18, 2020The National Portrait Gallery in London is due to close its doors temporarily as of June...
Religious Art
Celebrity Sculptors, Medieval Fraud And Nazi Looting – The Outrageous Story Of The Golden Veit Stoss Altarpiece
August 6, 2018This is largest Gothic altarpiece in the world and a national treasure of Poland. Carved over...
