“Masterpieces of Polish painting in the Lvov Art Gallery”
18^th September – 12^th November

The pictures gathered on that exhibition are shown rarely. Some of them appear in Poland first time after a half of century. This is a unique opportunity to see them, because Warsaw and Cracow are the closest towns, where they will be presented.
Every one of the Poles knows and admires names of the fifty authors of those pictures.

 You only need to mention some of them: Jan Matejko, Marcello Bacciarelli, Artur Grottger, Józef Chełmoński, Julian Fałat, Aleksander Gierymski, Leon Wyczółkowski, Henryk Siemiradzki….
Many of the pictures show historical events and characters of the times of Rzeczpospolita’s glory. Wojciech Kossak goes back to the Napoleon’s campaign. At winter landscape he immortalized heroic exploit of the captain Gabriel Hohendorf near Borysow.

The creators borrow themes from different religions. Henryk Siemiradzki shows a Bible scene Christ and the Samaritan Woman on the canvas in a masterly manner.

 Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz painted the Bedouins during saying an evening’s namaz. Józef Brodowski immortalized the synagogue of Łańcut with the praying Jewish people.

We can see Jan Matejko among the masters of portrait. The portrait of the artist children shows his two daughters Helena and Beata and two sons Tadeusz and Jerzy We will see also likeness of the king Stanisław August Poniatowski painted by Marcello Bacciarelli. There are the portraits of Olga Boznańska, Jacek Malczewski, Alfons Karpiński on the exhibition, too. Landscapes The Snow of Julian Fałat, The Moonlight Night of Józef Chełmoński and Oxes at the Watering Trough of Leon Wyczółkowski are boasts of the Polish paintings collection.

Those are only a few of the 50 masterpieces, which can be seen by visitors of The Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola on September and October. Time of the exhibition is short. It’s worth taking this opportunity.