Artist

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz

Portrait of Władysław Łuszczkiewicz
Portrait of Władysław Łuszczkiewicz

Polish, 1828–1900

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz was a Polish Realism artist. 9 works are cataloged here, principally at National Museum in Kraków. Władysław Łuszczkiewicz was born in Kraków.

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (3 September 1828 – 23 May 1900) was a Polish historian and painter of the late Romantic era from Kraków, active in the period of the foreign partitions of Poland. He was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and served as its principal in 1893/95. One of his best students was Jan Matejko, the eminent Polish historical painter and later, his close associate. Łuszczkiewicz taught painting, drawing, anatomy and architectural styles.

Highly educated, he also worked as conservator of architectural monuments in the city later on in his career, and wrote historical dissertations.

Works by Władysław Łuszczkiewicz

Collections represented

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