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15 unusual facts about Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts


Adina Bar-On

One of recent major projects, such as "Aesthetics and Bias" involve institutions such as Bezalel Academy, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Warsaw Academy, Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, to work together in a process of developing new aesthetics.

Aleksander Gierymski

He came back to Poland in 1893 and stayed till 1895, in order to apply for a position at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.

Artur Markowicz

Markowicz studied with Leopold Loeffler, Florian Cynk and with Jan Matejko at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts in 1886–1895.

Bronisław Chromy

Bronisław Chromy (born 3 June 1925) is a Polish sculptor, medallist, painter, and draughtsman, and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.

Henryk Minkiewicz

There he joined the Medical Faculty of the Jagiellonian University and, simultaneously, Faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Jacek Malczewski

He attended his first art classes in the workshop of Władysław Łuszczkiewicz at the School of Fine Arts.

Kazimierz Jelski

In 1833, he unsuccessfully tried to get a job as a professor of sculpture at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1843 tried to set up his own school of sculpture in Vilnius.

Kleparz

The most interesting sights in Kleparz are the Kleparz Market Square with colorful stalls and the Jan Matejko Square located almost side by side and flanked by the Academy of Fine Arts and the St. Florian Church with the Grunwald Monument at its centre.

Marian Konieczny

A 1954 graduate of the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie (Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts) in Kraków, Konieczny was a student of Xawery Dunikowski.

Mariusz Zaruski

Later, he moved to Kraków where between 1901-1906 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Royal Road, Kraków

The Royal Road crosses Matejko Square (pl. Matejki), passes the Academy of Fine Arts (Akademia Sztuk Pięknych) on the right-hand side and crosses Basztowa Street – to the medieval barbican (Barbakan).

Ryszard Horowitz

He later studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he became interested in photography, particularly the work of American photographers.

Ryszard Wasko

As a child he took painting-classes planning to become a painter and wanting to study at the Art Academy in Cracow.

Sukiennice Museum

The new Museum elected Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts as its first director.

Wojciech Seweryn

Seweryn was born in Tarnów, graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Tarnów, and studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts.


Aleksander Kotsis

In 1850, he attended the Kraków College of Fine Arts, where he studied under Wojciech Stattler.