Polish paintings

Fischer 958-962 | Michel 1102-1106 | Scott 850-854 | Year of issue 1959 | People's Republic of Poland

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Storks (painting by Józef Chełmoński)	Motherhood (painting by Stanisław Wyspiański)	Portrait of Leonia Bluhdorn (painting by Henryk Rodakowski)

961	962
Death (painting by Jacek Malczewski)	Sandwashers (painting by Aleksander Gierymski)

Glossary

Józef Marian Chełmoński (1849-1905) Polish painter.
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907) Polish painter.
Henryk Rodakowski (1823-1894) Polish painter. Leonia Bluhdorn (madame de Romanet) was the stepdaughter of Henryk Rodakowski.
Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929) Polish painter.
Aleksander Gierymski (1850-1901) Polish painter.

Translations

Bociany = Storks.
Macierzyństwo = Motherhood.
Portret P(ani) de Romanet = Portrait of madame de Romanet.
Śmierć = Death.
Piaskarze = Sandwashers.

Resources

Józef Chełmoński
Stanisław Wyspiański
Henryk Rodakowski (www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl) | Henryk Rodakowski (artyzm.com)
Jacek Malczewski (www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl) | Jacek Malczewski (artyzm.com)
Aleksander Gierymski (www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl) | Aleksander Gierymski (artyzm.com)

List of Polish painters
Polish Art - Gallery of Polish painting masterpieces (artyzm.com)
Wartime losses - Polish painting (www.polamcon.org)
Polish Art (malarze.com)
Polish culture (www.culture.pl)

Painting
Stork
Mother
Portrait
Death

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