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Historical Figures and a Sketch of the Battle of Grunwald / Historical Figures

Stanislaw Wyspianski

Basic information

ID: Г-V-665/62а,б
Author: Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name: Historical Figures and a Sketch of the Battle of Grunwald / Historical Figures
Date of creation: 1900 (?)
Technique: drawing
Material: tracing paper pencil
Dimensions: 31.4 x 22.5 cm (height x width)

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Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture battle painting
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Stanislaw Wyspianski
Author in the original: Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański
Artist's lifetime: 1869–1907
Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: Stanislaw Wyspianski was born in 1869 in Krakow. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He was a member of the Young Poland movement, and art editor of the weekly Życie (Life). Stanislaw Wyspianski is known as a playwright and poet, modernist painter, and designer. The artist died in November 1907. He was buried in Krakow.

Object description

a) In the upper part of the work there are schematic sketches of three human figures. On the far right there is a person with the imperial regalia of power. The figures' facial features are depicted schematically. Below there is a dynamic and schematic sketch, in the center of which there is an element that resembles the flag of the Crusaders. b) These are symmetrical images of six human figures. The top three images are not clearly depicted; facial and body features are missing. The three lower figures represent the images of two knights in chain armor, pointy helmets, and with heart-shaped shields. The far right figure to the viewer is depicted with the regalia of imperial power.

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

Historical Figures and a Sketch of the Battle of Grunwald / Historical Figures

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