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Medusa

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Ж-1223
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Medusa
Date of creation: 1895
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 47.2 x 63

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Type: painting
Genre: mythological painting
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Exposition: Lozinski Palace

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

This is a portrait image of a young red-haired woman in character of Medusa Gorgon. She has a slight smile and a look of empty pupils from under her forehead; there are ornamentally depicted snakes that wriggle on her head.

Medusa

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