Polish painter Jan Matejko showcased in new exhibition

Some 300 paintings, sketches and other works by the famous 19th-century Polish artist Jan Matejko can now be seen in a new exhibition at the National Museum in Kraków, southern Poland.

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PAP/Łukasz Gągulski

The exhibition is part of events to mark the 185th anniversary of Matejko’s birth and 130 years since his death.

Minister kultury i dziedzictwa narodowego @PiotrGlinski w @MNKrk: Dziękuję wszystkim, którzy przyczynili się do jej zorganizowania. W tym roku obchodzimy Rok Matejki z okazji 185. rocznicy urodzin, 130. rocznicy śmierci i 125. rocznicy powołania pierwszego w Polsce muzeum… pic.twitter.com/fEMamxCZsB

— Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego (@kultura_gov_pl) June 22, 2023

Matejko is widely regarded as the national painter of Poland. His huge paintings, showing major events from Polish history, are part and parcel of Poland’s national identity, according to officials.

Ada Janiszewska has the details.

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