Wojciech Kossak

Wojciech Kossak
Wojciech Kossak, self-portrait.
Born
Wojciech Horacy Kossak

(1856-12-31)31 December 1856
Paris, France
Died29 July 1942(1942-07-29) (aged 85)
Kraków, Poland
NationalityPolish
Known forPainting
Notable workThe Racławice Panorama
Panorama Berezyna
Olszynka Grochowska
Wyjazd na polowanie w Gödöllö
Krwawa niedziela w Petersburgu 22 stycznia 1905 r.

Wojciech Horacy Kossak (31 December 1856 – 29 July 1942) was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of artists and writers. He was the son of painter Juliusz Kossak, and twin brother of freedom fighter Tadeusz Kossak, and the father of two highly talented literary daughters, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec and of a painter son, Jerzy Kossak.

Kossak's Piłsudski on Horseback, 1928,[1] National Museum, Warsaw—one of the most popular artistic portrayals of Piłsudski
  1. ^ "Pilsudski on Horseback". Gallery of Polish Painting Masterpieces. Retrieved 2008-01-25.

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