- Jan Polack
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name = Jan Polack
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birthdate = c. 1435
location = possiblyCracow ,Poland
deathdate = 1519
deathplace =Munich ,Germany
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field =Painting
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patrons = City of Munich
influenced by =Michael Wohlgemuth ,Veit Stoss Hans Pleydenwurff
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awards =Jan Polack Johannes Po(l)lack Hanns (Polagk, , Polegk), (( _la. Ioannes Polonus) (between 1435-1450 (possibly in
Cracow ) – 1519 inMunich ) was a 15th century painter.From his nickname it is assumed that he might have worked in Krakow. Fact is that since the mid 1470s he lived and worked in Munich to where he came by way of
Franconia . He may have taken part in the 1475 festival of theLandshut Wedding of Jadwiga Jagiellon andGeorge of Bavaria . In 1480 he opened his own shop in Munich.Since 1482 he is listed on the tax records of
Munich , also as leader of the local painter guild. He visited withMichael Wohlgemuth and his art was deeply influenced by him and by that ofVeit Stoss andHans Pleydenwurff as well as by the cooperation with woodcutterErasmus Grasser .Documents mention many of his works which are lost now. His most important remaining work is the altarpiece of
Weihenstephan (1483-1485), now atAlte Pinakothek in Munich.Gallery
Literature
*NDB|20|593|594|Jan Polack|Andrea Langer
*Andrea Langer, „Jan Polack“ in „Neue Deutsche Biographie “, München 1999.
*Hanna Bösl, „Jan Polack“, Freilassing 1988
*Christiane Kant, „Der Münchner Stadtmaler Jan Polack als Bildnismaler“, Berlin 1997
*Magdalena Elsholz / Gabriela-Irena Madry, "Die polnische Braut - Spuren bayerisch-polnischer Geschichte", 2004, ISBN 3-929759-91-8External links
*de icon [http://www.datenmatrix.de/projekte/hdbg/biographien/frame_extern.php?url=http%3A//www.datenmatrix.de/cgi-local/hdbg-biographien/suche.cgi%3Ftempl%3Ddetail%26action%3Ddetail%26id%3D254 Haus der bayr. Geschichte über Jan Polack und seine Arbeit]
*de icon [http://www.markuskrzoska.de/polack.htm Jan Polack (Johannes Polonus) (um 1435-1519)]
*pl icon [http://www.malarze.walhalla.pl/malarze.php5?art=78 A gallery of Polack's work]
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