- Wojciech Kossak
Wojciech Kossak (
Paris ,France ,December 31 ,1857 –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 painterJuliusz Kossak and father of painterJerzy Kossak .Wojciech Kossak's work was very different in subject matter and style from
Jan Matejko 's; Kossak belonged to a later generation of artists. Like Matejko, however, he is known for paintings depicting the history of Polish arms and notable battles of Central andEastern Europe . Among his most famous paintings is "The Racławice Panorama ".ee also
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Juliusz Kossak (Wojciech's painter father, 1824–99).
*Jerzy Kossak (Wojciech's painter son, 1886–1955)
*Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (novelist daughter of Wojciech's twin brother, Tadeusz Kossak; 1889–1968).
*Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (Wojciech's poet daughter, 1891–1945).
*Magdalena Samozwaniec (Wojciech's writer daughter, 1894–1972).
*Kossak
* List of PolesNotes
Further reading
* Łozińska Hempel, Maria (1986). "Z łańcucha wspomnień." Wydawnictwo Literackie.
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