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Family finds long-lost 19th century masterpiece hanging on their wall

Last seen in public in 1890, the painting titled Summer Evening had been missing for 133 years, leaving art historians, museum curators, and private collectors believing it had been lost forever. DESA Unicum

Last seen in public in 1890, the painting by Józef Chełmoński titled Summer Evening had been missing for 133 years, leaving art historians, museum curators, and private collectors believing it had been lost forever.

Wawel Castle boosts its art collection with most expensive masterpieces to date

The acquisitions from a private French seller of The Inn at Saint Michael's by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Still Life by Willem Claesz Heda are set to take the castle’s already impressive collection of Dutch paintings to a new level.

Polish avant-garde movie finally sees light of day

In this episode of The Debrief, we find out more about a Polish film dating from the 1930s which has just been unearthed at the German Bundesarchiv in Berlin.

Wyspiański masterpiece one of 150 artworks to go on show at London gallery to promote artist to ‘wider audience’

Piotr Ostrowski, director of the Workshop of Museum of Stained Glass said: “In his wildest dreams, the artist hoped to show himself to a wider public, but starting out from Kraków, he didn’t have a chance, he was limited by the provincialism of the town and lack of support from Poland, which didn’t exist on the map. For us, this showing is an incredibly exciting moment.”

Avant-garde masterpiece lost for 80 years to get world premiere at London Film Festival

Made in 1931 by surrealist Warsaw artists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, the anti-fascist film ‘Europa’ was intended to reflect an atmosphere of horror and all-pervading societal decline as Hitler rose to power in Germany.

‘Poland trip was best two weeks of my life:’ So, why exactly was Pablo Picasso in post-war Poland?

Originally intended as just a three-day visit, the Spanish artist instead embarked upon a mini tour of the country lasting two weeks.

LEGO fans spend over 400 hours recreating iconic artworks with more than 150K blocks

Using 158,000 pieces of the coloured building bricks, 21 ‘LEGO Ambassadors’ from across Poland spent over 400 hours painstakingly recreating the masterpieces on a 1:1 scale which include Jan Matejko’s iconic Stańczyk.

Łódź artist recreates iconic Matejko masterpiece - and its BIGGER than the massive original

Starting in 2015, Ireneusz Rolewski’s stunning end result is a painting that is 13 cm higher than Matejko's original, giving it massive dimensions of 440 cm high by 987 cm wide.

Matejko masterpiece goes for whopping PLN 5.5 mln at auction

Depicting a scene from the legend of Krystyna – written by the chronicler Jan Długosz in the 15th century – the 35cm x 47cm oil painting shows Bishop Stanisław castigating Bolesław for adultery whilst the monarch, resplendent in his armour and finery, glares from behind a billowing curtain.

Looted WWII masterpiece goes back on display after being found in shopping centre car park

Unveiled on Tuesday in the Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art in the Kraków’s Cloth Hall, Maksymilian Gierymski's 1872 landscape Winter in a Small Town is considered one of the most important pieces of Polish art.

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Oldest time capsule in the WORLD found hidden in church spire

The capsule, which is made of copper and dates back to 1726, was found brimming with treasures in the sphere of the tower at the Church of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr during renovations.

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