portraits

Work of illiterate, self-taught artist who became global sensation explored in thoughtful new exhibition

Entitled ‘Nikifor. Painter above Painters’, the exhibition at the National Museum of Ethnography (not shown) brings together 130 of Nikifor’s works from the museum’s deposits as well as rarely displayed works from a private collection. Public domain/Desa Unicum

Entitled ‘Nikifor. Painter above Painters’, the exhibition at Warsaw's National Museum of Ethnography brings together 130 of the artist's works from the museum’s deposits as well as rarely displayed works from a private collection.

Malczewski portrait goes under the hammer for eye-watering 3.6 million PLN

Measuring 60.7cm x 49cm and signed on the back by the artist, the oil on board ‘Portrait of Stanisław Witkiewicz’ by Jacek Malczewski was last seen in public in 1903 in Kraków.

Rare Chopin portrait found at antiques market could be worth millions

Bought for a few złotys 28 years ago from a market near Lublin, when the current owner discovered the true value of the small oil on canvass he was so astonished he crashed his car into a ditch.

Warsaw artist’s Chopin portrait becomes new face of airport’s business lounge

The striking portrait by Warsaw artist Urszula Kamińska will go on display at the airport’s VIP ‘Polonez’ business lounge after airport official’s spotted her work on a fridge and decided to commission the piece.

Katowice snapper named ‘world’s best mobile photographer’

Dominika Koszowska, a graphic designer and part-time photographer scooped first place in the annual World’s Top Mobile Photographer 2020 Competition run by One Eyeland, for her collection of stunning pics. 

Painstaking research reveals fate of artist known as ‘Portraitist of Auschwitz’

Until now, it was known only that Franciszek Jaźwiecki who captured the broken faces of his fellow inmates through hundreds of harrowing portraits, had been employed in the death camp’s paint shop.

First ever Lempicka painting to be auctioned in Poland estimated to fetch 4-6 mln PLN

The oil on canvas measuring 79.5 cm by 56.2 cm and signed T. de Lempicka shows a scene from Lempicka’s New York apartment of a mystery woman in a white bonnet holding a book with its pages open.

Tri-City artist thrills the world with hyper-realistic portraits

Awarded the ‘best in show’ prize by the International Guild of Realism, Anna Wypych’s work has also been selected for the latest cover of International Artist Magazine.

Iconic photo of Afghan girl sets record-setting price at Polish auction

The cult photo 'Afghan Girl,' taken by Steve McCurry, has sold for over PLN 283,000 (EUR 62,000). As such, it becomes the most expensive photograph sold at auction in Poland, according to DESA Unicum, a Polish auction house.

Face to face: artist creates stunning 3D portraits of Chopin

The images reveal just how the composer may have looked like in real life.

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