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Wojciech Kossak

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Birth Date:
31.12.1856
Death date:
29.07.1942
Extra names:
Wojciech Kossak
Categories:
Nobleman, landlord, Painter, WWI participant
Nationality:
 pole
Cemetery:
Kraków, Rakowicki Cemetery

Wojciech Kossak (Paris, France, December 31, 1856 – July 29, 1942, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of painters and writers. He was the son of painter Juliusz Kossak, the twin brother of freedom fighter Tadeusz Kossak, and the father of painter Jerzy Kossak.

Wojciech Horacy Kossak was born on New Year's Eve of 1856/7 just before midnight (the birth certificate of his twin brother, Tadeusz Kossak, states that he was born on January 1, 1857) in Paris. His parents left France shortly after their wedding. His middle name was given to him in honor of his godfather, French painter Horace Vernet. Kossak began his education upon his family's return to Poland. He went to middle school at Three Crosses Square in Warsaw and later attended high school, Gimnazjum św. Anny, in Krakow. He simultaneously studied painting with his father Juliusz.

In the years 1871-1873 Wojciech studied at the School of Drawing and Painting (later called the School of Fine Arts) under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, and later, until 1875, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, with professors Aleksandra Strähubera and Alexander Wagner.

Work

Wojciech Kossak's historical painting was very different in style and subject matter from that of his predecessor Jan Matejko's. Kossak belonged to a new generation of Polish battle-scene artists influenced by the work of his father Juliusz. However, similar to Matejko, he is known for depicting the history of Polish armed struggle and notable Polish battles of Central and Eastern Europe against the foreign oppressors. Among his most famous paintings is The Racławice Panorama.

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Juliusz KossakJuliusz KossakFather29.10.182403.02.1899
        2Jerzy KossakJerzy KossakSon01.09.188611.05.1955
        3Magdalena SamozwaniecMagdalena SamozwaniecDaughter26.07.189420.10.1972
        4Maria Pawlikowska JasnorzewskaMaria Pawlikowska JasnorzewskaDaughter24.11.189109.07.1945
        5Tadeusz KossakTadeusz KossakBrother01.01.185703.07.1935
        6Zofia Kossak-SzczuckaZofia Kossak-SzczuckaCousin10.08.188909.04.1968
        7Jan StykaJan StykaCoworker08.04.185828.04.1925
        8Artur OppmanArtur OppmanFamiliar14.08.186704.11.1931
        9Emil MłynarskiEmil MłynarskiFamiliar18.07.187005.04.1935
        10Wojciech RojWojciech RojFamiliar03.01.183921.01.1924

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