Teodora Matejko (Matejkowa)

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Giebułtowska (1846 – 25 August 1896, was the wife of

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Jan Matejko Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Poles, Polish painting, painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works includ ...

; daughter of Antoni Giebułtowski and Paulina Sikorska. For many years, Teodora served as the live model for her husband's portrayals of notable women from Polish history.

Life

Teodora was a member of the Giebułtowski family of retailers from

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, friends of the family of her future husband. On 21 November 1864 she married painter Jan Matejko, future Rector of the Fine Arts Academy, whom she knew already from childhood. After the wedding, they settled in downtown Kraków, where she gave birth to five children: Tadeusz,

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, Beata, Jerzy and Regina (died in infancy). Soon after the move, Matejkowa was diagnose with

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, and in her later years

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for which she was briefly hospitalized twice.

Notes and references

Sources

* Ciciora–Czwórnóg B., ''Jan Matejko'', Kolekcja Muzeum Narodowego w Krakowie, Olszanica 2005, , ss. 5–8. * Serafińska S., ''Jan Matejko. Wspomnienia rodzinne'', Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1958. * Szypowska M., ''Jan Matejko wszystkim znany'', Zarząd Krajowy Związku Młodzieży Wiejskiej, , Warszawa 1988. 1846 births 1896 deaths Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery

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