The ''Transylvanian Panorama'' (Polish: Panorama Siedmiogrodzka) other names ''Bem and Petőfi'', ''Bem in Transylvania'', ''Battle of Segesvár / Schässburg - village of Fehéregyháza, meaning White Church'' was a monumental (15 × 100 metre) panoramic

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

depicting the Battle of

Nagyszeben Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

, during the

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History

The idea came from the Hungarians who wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848-49. It was painted by many painters under the direction of Jan Styka in the

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(Lviv) rotunda, located in Stryjski Park, the same place where the

Racławice Panorama The ''Racławice Panorama'' (Polish: ''Panorama Racławicka'') is a monumental (15 × 114 meter) cycloramic painting depicting the Battle of Racławice, during the Kościuszko Uprising. It is located in Wrocław, Poland. The painting is one of ...

was painted. The project was finished in September 1897 by painters of three nations: *Hungarian:

Tihamér Margitay Tihamér Margitay (1859–1922) was a Hungarian painter. He was born in Jenke, Austria-Hungary, (today Jenkovice, Slovakia). He painted anecdotic, so-called "parlour pictures", in the style of Jules Bastien-Lepage. Background Margitay studied ...

, Pál Vágó and

Béla Spányi Béla Spányi (19 March 1852, Pest – 12 June 1914, Budapest) was a Hungarian painter who specialized in landscapes. He studied in Vienna, Munich and Paris and spent much of his time in Szolnok, a popular gathering place for artists. He was one ...

, *Polish:

Tadeusz Popiel Tadeusz Popiel (1863, Szczucin - 22 February 1913, Kraków) was a Polish painter, known for his religious and historical scenes; especially his work on several famous panoramas. His brother was the sculptor, Antoni Popiel. Biography He was bo ...

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, Michał Gorstkin-Wywiórski, *and the German painter Leopold Schönchen. The painting was exhibited in Lwow,

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and

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. It was cut into 100 pieces but only 31 of them now survive. Twenty fragments currently are located in a few Polish museums in

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and

Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...

. Another 11 pieces are in private collections in Poland and abroad.Kwartalnik: "Cenne, bezcenne, utracone" nr 2(51) kwiecień-czerwiec 2007, A. Majcherek-Węgrzynek "Panorama Siedmiogrodzka - fragmenty zlokalizowane poza granicami Polski" The Battle of

was fought on 11 March 1849 between the Hungarian Transylvanian Army led by the Polish general Józef Bem and the coalition of

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n and

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n armies commanded by Generals Anton Puchner and

Grigory Skariatin Grigory Yakovlevich Skariatin (russian: Григорий Яковлевич Скарятин; 1808 – Segesvár,now Sighisoara, Romania July 9 or July 31, 1849) was a Russian Major general. On February 3, 1849, on the command of his superior, ...

Bibliography

*Cz. Czapliński, Saga rodu Styków, Nowy Jork 1988; E. Górecka, *Panoramy Wojciecha Kossaka i Jana Styki, Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu, Wrocław 2000, *Kwartalnik: "Cenne, bezcenne, utracone" nr 2(51) kwiecień-czerwiec 2007, A. Majcherek-Węgrzynek "Panorama Siedmiogrodzka - fragmenty zlokalizowane poza granicami Polski"

External links

''Transylvanian Panorama'' on Tarnów Museum exhibition

References

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