The Introduction of Christianity to Poland, A.D. 965 by Jan Matejko is the painting which opens A History of Civilization in Poland, a cycle of twelve oil sketches created in the painter’s last period ...

One of Matejko’s last works, created at the end of his life. Although the painter complained that the 18th century was not his topic of choice, he wanted to commemorate the centenary of the ...

In summer 2025, through an exceptional partnership with the National Museum in Warsaw, the Fondation de l’Hermitage highlights the remarkably vibrant art of Poland in the period 1850–1914.

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? Failed painter Adolf Hitler seemed to think so when he ordered his Nazi operatives to locate and destroy "The Battle of Grunwald," a famous masterpiece by ...

Jan Matejko: Astronomer Copernicus, Conversation with God. Wikipedia/public domain The Polish painter Jan Matejko will be celebrated on 31 May 2023 at the Kościuszko Foundation in New York. The main ...

A work by the famous 19th-century Polish painter Jan Matejko is set to be sold at an auction in Warsaw. Jan Matejko's "Portrait of Daughter Helena with a Sparrow Hawk"Photo: Public domain, via ...

National Gallery to display painting of astronomer by superstar Polish artist Jan Matejko A spectacular three-metre-wide painting of the astronomer Copernicus is to be shown in the UK for the first ...

Unseen here before, a masterpiece coming to the National Gallery sheds divine light on a section of European painting little known in Britain The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers.

The National Gallery in London has announced that an iconic painting of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus by the famous 19th-century Polish painter Jan Matejko will be put on display on May 21 and will ...