Collection

Pieta

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Ж-1358
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Pieta
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 72 x 92

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: symbolic art
Plot: Entombment of Christ
Provenance: Collection of Ukrainian National Museum in Lviv

Information about author

Author: Jacek Malczewski
Artist's lifetime: 1854–1929
Biography: Jacek Malczewski (July 14, 1854, Radom, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire – October 8, 1929, Krakow, Republic of Poland) was an outstanding artist and one of the most prominent representatives of Polish Symbolism. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, where his teacher was Jan Matejko. The artist participated in an archeological expedition to Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Greece, which was organized by Count Karol Lanckoronski. He also visited Munich and Italy. Jacek Malczewski was one of the founders of the art union "Sztuka" ("Art"). The artist's creative heritage includes landscapes and portraiture, symbolic compositions, interpretations of religious themes, and numerous self-portraits in various images.

Object description

The death of the artist's father in 1884 and his mother in 1898 greatly influenced Jacek Malczewski's oeuvre and resulted in his exploring the subject of death as a phenomenon of a person's life. The painter turned to the subject of the Pieta after his mother's death; this is confirmed by the portraits of his sisters Helena Karczewska (1859–1933) and Bronislawa Malczewska (1850–1929) depicted in the painting.

Pieta

Other