Włodzimierz Tetmajer (December 31, 1861 in Harklowa – December 26, 1923 in

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) was a Polish painter with works in collections of the

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and

Biography

Włodzimierz Tetmajer was born in Harklowa near Krakow in the town of

Nowy Targ Nowy Targ (Officially: ''Royal Free city of Nowy Targ'', Yiddish: ''Naymark'', Gorals, Goral dialect: ''Nowy Torg'' ) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Go ...

and died in Bronowice, now a district of

. Tetmajer studied painting at the

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(''Szkoła Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie'') from 1875 to 1886, then in Vienna and Munich (1886–1889), in Paris at the

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, and with

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

from 1889 to 1893. In 1890 he married Anna Mikołajczykówna, a peasant's daughter from Bronowice in the spirit of the

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's return to the roots. Tetmajer settled with his wife in a remote house covered with thatch, where he was often visited by various friends. In 1900 he hosted a wedding of one of his friends, the poet

Lucjan Rydel Lucjan Rydel, also known as Lucjan Antoni Feliks Rydel (17 May 1870 in Kraków – 8 April 1918 in Bronowice Małe), was a Polish playwright and poet from the Young Poland movement. Life Rydel was the son of Lucjan Rydel, a surgeon, ophthalmolog ...

, to his wife's sister, Jadwiga Mikołajczykówna. This village wedding became the inspiration for the dramatist

Stanisław Wyspiański Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created symbolic national dramas accordant with the artisti ...

who wrote defining Polish independence drama called " Wesele" (''The Wedding''). According to Dr. Józef Andrzej Nowobilski: :"One of Poland's finest painters, Tetmajer is an eminent example of a painter of the period of

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and

, who devoted his gift and artistic achievements to the fight for Polish national revival and the restoration of the Polish state. He was convinced that the folk tradition and the apotheosis of the Polish peasant would be the means to achieve those goals."Polish Art Center - Wlodzimierz Tetmajer (1861-1923)
at polartcenter.com Włodzimierz Tetmajer was a

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of poet, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer.

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1861 births 1923 deaths People from Nowy Targ County Artists from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Austro-Hungarians Polish Gorals National League (Poland) members Polish People's Party politicians Polish People's Party "Piast" politicians Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918) Polish male painters Catholic painters 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Académie Colarossi alumni Polish legionnaires (World War I) {{Poland-painter-stub

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