Jacek Malcezewski

Jacek Malcezewski (1854-1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who is one of the most acclaimed painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland (Młoda Polska) school of painting, following more than a century of partitions of Poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria and inspiring the revival the Romantic tradition. He is regarded as the father of Polish Symbolism. Themes in his creative output include historical motifs of Polish martyrdom, romantic ideals of independence, Christian and Greek mythology, national folk art, as well as his love of the beauty of his country’s landscape.