Painting

It’s back! Zaleski’s 19th century oil painting of Milan Cathedral returns after disappearing during Warsaw Uprising

The lost artwork which disappeared during the Second World War returned home after being handed over to the National Museum in Warsaw at an official ceremony. Danuta Matloch at Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie / Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego/Facebook

The oil on canvas by one of Poland’s most eminent urban landscape painters shows the vast knave and impressive vaulting inside Milan’s cathedral, which is the largest church in Italy, the third largest in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.

Stunning collection of centuries’ old art from Łańcut castle found rotting in Peruvian outhouse

Around 700 crates of artwork were smuggled out of Łańcut castle towards the end of WWII by the aristocratic Potocki family to avoid falling into the hands of advancing Red Army soldiers. The pieces were then sold off in dribs and drabs until noble businessman Maciej Radziwiłł found 20 surviving paintings in the Peruvian capital.

Theft, murder, stolen art and spies: Sleuth stumbles upon clue in 45-year-old mystery which could lead to valuable stolen painting

Two days after the discovery of the 1974 theft of ‘Woman Carrying Embers’ by Pieter Brueghel II from the National Museum of Gdańsk, a local customs officer who claimed to have information was kidnapped, taken to a cemetery, doused in petrol and set ablaze. The artwork has remained missing ever since, until now…

Fangor painting smashes records with eye-watering 1.3 mln zł sale

The price paid for ‘M44’ surpassed the pre-sale estimate of PLN 700,000-900,000, and also indicated that online auctions could now hold their own against traditional ones.

Taking art to the wall: the amazing work of Michał Wręga

From grey faces, to bold colours, and from massive murals to paintings you can hang on a wall: Wręga’s art has few boundaries.

Still life by ‘femme fatale’ of art deco goes for cool half a million at auction

One of the leading lights of the art deco movement, it is hoped that Tamara de Lempicka’s Still Life With Tangerines will remain in Poland, although the buyer remains anonymous.

Professor who went to Vienna to buy some old china returns with rare portrait of 18th century king

After receiving a tip off, the director of Warsaw’s Royal Castle ditched his plans to buy the china and instead tracked down the portrait of controversial king Augustus III before he had been crowned. The purchase fills an important gap in the castle’s collection as it is the only portrait for which the young Saxon aristocrat sat.

The painting on the left is worth around $90 million, the other was done by an ORANGUTAN and is now up for auction

Just two days after appearing on the auction site, bidding for the 47-year-old orange ape’s creation has already reached 2,550 zł.

Beautiful Christmas cards of yesteryear tell fascinating story of defiance to communist-era censorship

EXCLUSIVE: The simplistically beautiful cards were created by some of Poland’s leading illustrators who became known as the Polish School of Illustration.

The World Is Not Enough: The street artist who created his own country – and now everyone wants to live there

For Dawid Majgat, Warsaw was just the first step in a journey that has since taken his Republic ¥ across the planet. TFN’s Alex Webber caught up with the Renegade Street Art Ambassador for the country.

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