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Kmita Rocks in Ojcow

Jan Nepomucen Glowacki

Basic information

ID: Ж-1969
Author: Jan Nepomucen Glowacki
Name: Kmita Rocks in Ojcow
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 65.5 x 44

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Type: painting
Genre: landscape
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Exposition: Potocki Palace

Information about author

Author: Jan Nepomucen Glowacki
Artist's lifetime: 1802–1847
Country: Austrian Empire
Biography: Jan Nepomucen Glowacki (1802–1847) was one of the most renowned Polish landscape painters of the Romantic era, often called the "father of Polish landscape painting". He studied at the Krakow School of Fine Arts under Antoni Brodowski and Jozef Peszki and at art academies in Prague, Munich, Rome, and Vienna. From 1828, the artist lived and worked in Krakow. He taught drawing and painting at the Saint Anne's Lyceum. From 1833, he was a professor at the School of Fine Arts. He primarily painted Romantic landscapes featuring views of the Tatra Mountains and Krakow. He created 24 paintings depicting views of the city and its surroundings, which were published as lithographs in 1836. In addition, he painted miniature portraits of women, as well as works on religious and mythological themes. In his portrait works, the artist shows a distinct influence of the Vienna School of Painting. The paintings by Jan Nepomucen Glowacki are preserved in museum collections in Poland and Ukraine.

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