The National Museum in Poznań ( pl, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu),

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, abbreviated MNP, is a state-owned cultural institution and one of the largest

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. It houses a rich collection of Polish painting from the 16th century on, and a collection of foreign painting (

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and German). The museum is also home to numismatic collections and a gallery of

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History

The National Museum in Poznań was established in 1857, as the "Museum of Polish and Slavic Antiquities". In 1894 the museum was renamed Provincial Museum of Posen. In 1902, the museum was renamed Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum. The current building was designed by Carl Hinckeldyen and built in 1904. During

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the building was damaged, the collection looted by German military, while numerous museum exhibits, including the natural and

ethnographic Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject ...

collections, were destroyed. After the war the Polish Government retrieved many of the works taken by the Germans. At the turn of the 1960s and the 1970s the project of a new north wing of the museum was designed by architect Marian Trzaska. In the 1990s it was adapted by interior designer Witold Gyurkovich and opened to the public in 2001.

Branches

*National Museum in Poznań and its branches: **National Museum, main building ** Museum of Applied Arts ** Museum of the History of Poznań ** Military Museum of Wielkopolska ** Museum of Musical Instruments **

Ethnography Museum Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...

** Rogalin Palace ** Gołuchów Castle ** Śmiełów Palace

Collections

Museum's collections are on display in seven thematic exhibition galleries that explore the major trends and disciplines of the age: the Gallery of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, Polish Art from the 16th to 18th century, and, in the new wing, the Gallery of Polish art from the period of foreign partitions until the end of World War II, the Gallery of European Art (or Foreign Painting), the Gallery of Modern Art, and the Poster and Graphic design Gallery. In 2006, the collections of the museum included 309 569 art objects in total as well as 4119 deposits. The works of many prominent Polish artists are displayed in the Gallery of Polish Art, which includes paintings by Jan Matejko,

Olga Boznańska Olga Boznańska (15 April 1865 – 26 October 1940) was a Polish painter of the turn of the 20th century. She was a notable painter in Poland and Europe, and was stylistically associated with the French impressionism, though she rejected this l ...

, Jacek Malczewski,

Stanisław Wyspiański Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas withi ...

Leon Wyczółkowski Leon Jan Wyczółkowski (; 24 April 1852 – 27 December 1936) was one of the leading painters of the Young Poland movement, as well as the principal representative of Polish Realism in art of the Interbellum. From 1895 to 1911 he served as pro ...

, and Władysław Czachórski.

Gallery of Foreign Painting

The main building features one of the largest galleries of foreign painting in Poland, predominantly originating from the collection owned by Count Raczyński:

Gallery

File:Monet Claude, The Beach at Pourville, 1882.jpg, '' Beach in Pourville'',

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Durin ...

, 1882 File:Zurbaran Virgin of the Rosary.jpg, ''Virgin of the Rosary Venerated by Carthusians'',

Francisco de Zurbarán Francisco de Zurbarán ( , ; baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname "Spanish ...

, circa 1637–1639 File:Massys Madonna and Child.jpg, ''Massys Madonna and Child with the Lamb'',

Quentin Massys Quentin Matsys ( nl, Quinten Matsijs) (1466–1530) was a Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition. He was born in Leuven. There is a tradition alleging that he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter. Matsys was activ ...

, ca. 1513 File:Velázquez Blind woman.jpg, ''Blind Woman'', Diego Velázquez, 1650s File:Cranach the Elder Hercules and Omphale.jpg, ''Hercules and Omphale'',

Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder (german: Lucas Cranach der Ältere ; – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is kno ...

, 1537 File:Dyck Christ supported by angels.jpg, ''Christ Supported by Angels'', Anthony van Dyck, 1640-1650 File:The Chess Game - Sofonisba Anguissola.jpg, '' The Game of Chess'',

Sofonisba Anguissola Sofonisba Anguissola ( – 16 November 1625), also known as Sophonisba Angussola or Sophonisba Anguisciola, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family. She received a well-rounded education that i ...

, 1555 File:Teniers the Younger Operation.jpg, ''Operation'', David Teniers the Younger, 1655 File:Palma Vecchio Sacra Conversazione.jpg, ''Sacred Conversation'',

Palma Vecchio Palma Vecchio (c. 1480 – 30 July 1528), born Jacopo Palma, also known as Jacopo Negretti, was a Venetian painter of the Italian High Renaissance. He is called Palma Vecchio in English and Palma il Vecchio in Italian ("Palma the Elder") to di ...

, circa 1516-1518 File:Tintoretto Battle of Asola.jpg, '' The Siege of Asola'',

Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed wit ...

, 1544-1545 File:Strobel Stoning of Saint Stephen.jpg, ''Stoning of Saint Stephen'',

Bartholomeus Strobel Bartholomeus Strobel the Younger or Bartholomäus in German or Bartlomiej in Polish (11 April 1591 (baptised) – after 1650) was a Baroque painter from Silesia, who worked in Prague, Silesia, and finally Poland, where he emigrated to escape ...

, ca. 1618

Polish art

File:JMatejko Akademia Lubrańskiego.JPG, ''Founding of the Lubrański Academy in Poznań'', Jan Matejko File:Wojciech Gerson - Zjawa Barbary Radziwiłłówny.jpg, ''The Ghost of Barbara Radziwiłł'',

Wojciech Gerson Wojciech Gerson (; July 1, 1831 – February 25, 1901) was a leading Polish painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long-time ...

File:Franciszek Zmurko - Wachlarz i papieros.jpg, ''Portrait of a Woman with a Fan and a Cigarette'',

Franciszek Żmurko Franciszek Żmurko (18 July 1859, Lviv – 9 October 1910, Warsaw) was a Polish realist painter. Żmurko began drawing lessons as a young boy in his hometown with the painter Franciszek Tepa. As an adolescent he relocated to Kraków to study at ...

File:Madonna z DzieciatkiemWys.jpg, ''Madonna and Child'',

File:Bledne kolo.jpg, '' Vicious Circle'', Jacek Malczewski

References

External links

Official website

National Museum in Poznań at culture.pl
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