portraits

Portrait by megastar Polish artist becomes new design for luxury Louis Vuitton handbag

The painting by Gdańsk-born Ewa Juszkiewicz entitled ‘Ginger Locks’ shows a woman on an olive-green background, covered with a turquoise fabric, with her face covered by a storm of carefully styled red curls. Louis Vuitton

The Louis Vuitton fashion brand said: “Ewa Juszkiewicz transforms her striking surrealist 2021 oil painting, Ginger Locks, reminiscent of a 19th century portrait, into an inspiring Artycapucines bag.

Spell-binding photos tell fascinating story of 19th century Polish emigration to South America - and of their modern-day descendants

In their ongoing project “Waiting for the Snow”, cousins Katarzyna and Marianne Wasowska  offer an intimate portrait of Poles who emigrated to Brazil and Argentina, where there is also a sizeable diaspora.

Photographer thrills internet with ethereal shots of Poland’s rugged wilds

Juxtaposing haunting self-portraits against mystical Polish landscapes, Erinthul’s work has been praised for its Tolkienesque qualities.

Google Doodle celebrate photographer Zofia Nasierowska

Considered one of the most influential photographers of her era in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, Nasierowska was best known for her black-and-white portrait photographs of famous Polish personalities from the realm of arts and culture.

Heritage artist gives new lease of life to abandoned countryside installations

Demanding a significant amount of application skill, Arkadiusz Andrejkow’s seasonal works have a gently haunting quality to them, featuring weathered faces and piercing eyes gazing forth from the frozen winter landscape.

Letter revealing last known movements of WWII’s most important looted artwork uncovered

Said to be written by an SS officer in 1947, the letter is the first documentary evidence that Raphael’s Portrait of a Young Man was transported at the end of the war from Kraków to Germany.

Polish wildlife snapper’s incredible photo of a lion staring at the lens wins prestigious international nature photography competition

Taken at the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Tomasz Szpila’s hypnotic photo was awarded ‘Category Winner’ in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 competition’s Wild Portraits section. Two other Polish photographers were also award runner-up in the Landscapes and Under 16s categories.

New books reveals incredible story of how da Vinci portrait was gifted to a Polish Princess and hidden from the Nazis by a palace housekeeper

Released tomorrow (May 24), What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo da Vinci’s Most Mysterious Portrait by Eden Collinsworth reveals the astonishing history behind one of Poland’s most beloved national treasures and a painting that many rank as better that even Da Vinci’s best-know work the Mona Lisa.

Rembrandt’s epic ‘Polish Rider’ returns to Warsaw after 200 years

On public view until the beginning of August, The Polish Rider is one of only two equestrian portraits to have been painted by the Dutch master and its fleeting return has been seen as a major coup by art fans in Poland.

Warsaw photographer reveals intensely moving portraits of the women and children who have fled Ukraine

Taken largely in the satellite towns and villages outside of the Polish capital, the images evoke a range of emotions and are defined by their sincerity and sensitivity.

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