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4 unusual facts about Jan Styka


Jan Styka

Acquired by American businessman, Hubert Eaton, the painting was restored by Jan Styka's son, artist Adam Styka.

His renowned panoramas include "Bem in Siedmiogrod" (1897), "The Martydrom of Christians in Nero's Circus" (1897), and at the Wrocław Branch of the National Museum of Poland is the monumental collaboration "The Battle of Racławice" painted in 1894.

Philadelphia Polish American Festival

There is also an art exhibit that displays the works of the Styka family of Polish painters, which included Jan, and his two sons, Tadeusz (“Tade”) and Adam.

Transylvania Panorama

It was painted by many painters under the direction of Jan Styka in the Lwów (Lviv) rotunda, located in Stryjski Park, the same place where the Racławice Panorama was painted.



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