A Tribute To Max Gierymski

The National Museum in Krakow reminds the creative output of  Maksymilian Gierymski (1846–1874), one of the most famous 19th-century Polish painters belonging to artists' colony in Munich. The 140th anniversary of the artist's death, which is celebrated this year, is the pretext for the exhibition. The artist, who died young, at the age of only 28, left creative output which inspired next generations of artists and was the beginning of the first Polish school of landscape painting.

The National Museum in Krakow does not only show works by Gierymski but also by other artists from Munich.

Apart from Maksymilian Gierymski's most famous works, such as “Adiutant sztabowy” (“Staff Adiutant”), “Konna kawalkada w brzezince” (“Cavalcade in a birch grove”), “Obóz Cyganów I” (“Gypsy camp I”) or “Patrol powstańców” (“Insurgent patrol”), the artist's last painting will also be presented „Polowanie »par force« na jelenia” (“Deer hunting »par force«”) from the collection of the Kunsthalle in Kiel - and “Wiosna w małym miasteczku” (“Spring in a small town”) (from a private collection in Buenos Aires) – long considered to have been lost, which will be presented in Poland for the first time.