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Jacek Malczewski paintings on show in Poland's Kraków

18.02.2022 15:15
An exhibition of paintings by Jacek Malczewski, one of Europe's foremost symbolist artists, opened at the National Museum in Kraków, southern Poland, on Friday.
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On show are more than 150 of the artist's paintings from both public and private collections.

Malczewski was a leading figure in the Young Poland art movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He died in 1929 at the age of 75.

Elżbieta Krajewska has the story.

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