Miłosz Kotarbiński
by Leona Wyczółkowskiego (1914)
Miłosz Kotarbiński (25 January 1854 - 27 October 1944) was a Polish painter, illustrator, literary critic, poet, singer and composer. Works by him are in galleries in Russia and Zagreb. His brother Józef was a literary critic and actor.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Czemierniki.
Output
[edit]Initially he painted history paintings and later landscapes as well as religious and fantasy scenes. His early works were strongly influenced by Jan Matejko. In 1929 he designed the one zloty coin.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- The sick Prince Pozharsky receives the Moscow envoys (Omsk Museum, Russia)
- Under the guardianship of angels
- Tritons
- Portrait of the artist's wife Ewa Koskowska Kotarbińska (1891), lost in 1939.
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Polish) Lud Katolicki, 4 sierpnia, s. 4, 1929 r., nr.31.
- ^ "Order Odrodzenia Polski. Trzechlecie pierwszej kapituły 1921–1924. Warszawa: Prezydium Rady Ministrów, 1926, s. 25" (in Polish).
- ^ "M.P. z 1938 r. nr 258, poz. 592" (in Polish).
External links
[edit]- (in Polish) Miłosz Kotarbiński – nuty, Polona
Categories:
- 1854 births
- 1944 deaths
- 19th-century Polish painters
- 20th-century Polish painters
- Polish literary critics
- Polish illustrators
- 19th-century Polish singers
- 20th-century Polish singers
- 19th-century Polish poets
- 20th-century Polish poets
- 19th-century Polish composers
- 20th-century Polish composers
- People from Radzyń Podlaski County
- Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta