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Jacek Malczewski

1854 - 1929

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Jacek Malczewski (Polish: [ˈjat͡sɛk malˈt͡ʂɛfskʲi] ; 15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who was one of the central figures of the patriotic Young Poland movement. His works combined the predominant style of his time with historical motifs of Polish martyrdom, the romantic aspiration for national independence, Christian and Greek mythology, folk tales, and his love of the natural world. He was the father of painter Rafał Malczewski. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Jacek Malczewski is the 733rd most popular painter (up from 760th in 2024), the 408th most popular biography from Poland (up from 447th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Polish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jacek Malczewski ranks 733 out of 2,023. Before him are Yoshitoshi, François-André Vincent, Esaias van de Velde, Adolphe Monticelli, Alessandro Magnasco, and Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem. After him are Justus Sustermans, Moritz von Schwind, Joseph-Marie Vien, Jan van der Heyden, Nicolas Lancret, and Maria Reiter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Jacek Malczewski ranks 36. Before him are Hubert Lyautey, Thomas R. Marshall, Otto Sverdrup, Alfredo Catalani, Lady Randolph Churchill, and Edward Carson. After him are Charles Algernon Parsons, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Charles Webster Leadbeater, John Philip Sousa, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, and Patrick Geddes. Among people deceased in 1929, Jacek Malczewski ranks 45. Before him are Maurice Sarrail, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Stepa Stepanović, André Messager, La Goulue, and Enrico Ferri. After him are Herman Potočnik, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Tanaka Giichi, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Robert Reid, and Henri Gervex.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jacek Malczewski ranks 408 out of 1,694. Before him are Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (1140), Barbara Jagiellon (1478), Max von Gallwitz (1852), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), and Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457). After him are Oskar R. Lange (1904), Horst Mahler (1936), Wilhelm Brasse (1917), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Michał Kalecki (1899), and Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901).

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Among PAINTERS In Poland

Among painters born in Poland, Jacek Malczewski ranks 8. Before him are Tamara de Lempicka (1898), Zdzisław Beksiński (1929), Aleksandra Ekster (1882), Otto Mueller (1874), Moïse Kisling (1891), and Tadeusz Kantor (1915). After him are Daniel Chodowiecki (1726), Hans Bellmer (1902), Olga Boznańska (1865), Aleksander Orłowski (1777), Józef Brandt (1841), and Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819).

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