Juliusz Kossak
Juliusz Fortunat Kossak (born December 15, 1824 in Nowy Wiśnicz , † February 3, 1899 in Kraków ) was a Polish painter and draftsman.
His father, Michał († 1833) was the landowner of Kniahinin in Eastern Galicia. Juliusz moved to Lwów and , after taking classes at the Basilian School, began studying law there at the University of Lviv . At the same time he studied painting with Jan Maszkowski. His role model and advisor was the wealthy amateur painter Piotr Michałowski .
In 1844 he became known among the landlords of Galicia. He painted portraits, hunting scenes, horses. In 1855 he married Zofia Gałczyńska and moved to Paris for five years , where he spent a lot of time in museums there. His three sons: Wojciech, Tadeusz and Stefan were born in Paris.
In 1860 he moved to Warsaw and took over the artistic editing of the Warsaw weekly " Tygodnik Ilustrowany ". In 1868 he came to Munich for a year to study with the battle and horse painter Franz Adam . Then he came to Krakow , where he bought a country residence. This house, later called “Kossakówka”, became a meeting place for Krakow's elite, such as Adam Asnyk , Henryk Sienkiewicz , Stanisław Witkiewicz and Józef Chełmoński . In 1880 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order .
Juliusz Kossak became the founder of the Kossak family; his descendants became famous artists and writers. His son Wojciech Kossak (1857–1942) also became a painter. Wojciech's son Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955) also became a painter, and Wojciech's daughters Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945) and Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972) were well-known writers .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kossak (painter) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 2 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Kossak, Juliusz Fortunat . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 336-337 .
- Skowrońska: Kossak Juliusz Fortunat. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 149.
Web links
- Pictures of Kossaks
- Painting by J. Kossak
- Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899) polenmunchen.gallery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kossak, Juliusz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kossak, Juliusz Fortunat (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nowy Wiśnicz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1899 |
| Place of death | Krakow |