People

Kossak Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska Maria was a poet, playwright, painter and daughter of Wojciech Kossak. She was born in Kraków in 1891. She studied mostly at home, and briefly attended the Academy of Fine Arts as a freelance student. She mainly painted flowers. She traveled to Italy, France, Turkey and North Africa.

Kossak Karol was a painter, grandson of Juliusz Kossak and nephew of Wojciech Kossak. He was born in Lviv in 1896. He mainly painted landscapes, horses, and rural architecture. He learned drawing in his youth in Lviv, and later in Vienna. He fought in the First World War, because he

Kossak Wojciech was a painter, son of Juliusz Kossak and father of Jerzy Kossak. He was born in 1856 in Paris. In the years 1871-1873 he was a student of the School of Fine Arts in Krakow. He also studied in Munich and Paris. In his adult life, he lived

Kossak Juliusz was a painter, illustrator and draftsman. He was born in 1824 in Nowy Wiśnicz near Bochnia. His younger brother was Leon Kossak. In 1842 he began law studies, and at the same time he learned drawing. In 1848 he became involved in the events of the Spring of

An architect born in Warsaw but died in Krakow. He studied in Berlin, Italy and France. In 1856 he became a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Technical Institute in Krakow. He built a min. building of the Scientific Society of Krakow, St. Stephen and Jude at

Graphic artist, master of woodcutting, born in Tarnów as the son of a printer. From 1937 he studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Krakow. He took part in the September Campaign in 1939, then continued his education until 1942. After leaving school, he worked as a draftsman in

Rolle Karol was born in Kamieniec Podolski in 1871. Before his life path crossed with Krakow, Karol graduated from Technical University in Lwow; between 1889 and 1893, he studied chemistry. After graduation and few years of a trainee, Rolle becomes a director of the National Pottery Workshop in 1895. In

Henryk Reyman was born in 1897 in Krakow. Lieutenant colonel of Polish Army, athlete, activist. Due to his vast interests become a well-known Krakow citizen. Henryk started his studies at Commercial Academy in Krakow; however, it was interrupted by his family evacuation. A war outbreak caused it – the Reyman

Prose writer, playwright, born in Pyzdry near Kalisz in 1910, died in Krakow in 1976. He studied Polish at the University of Warsaw and studied dance at the Warsaw Opera. He also appeared as an actor in theaters and cabarets. In the years 1934-1935, he was a member of the

Cardinal, politician born in Sienna in 1389, died in Sandomierz in 1455. He graduated from the Krakow Academy, secretary of King Władysław Jagiełło, whom he saved his life at Grunwald in 1410. In 1411, an envoy to the conciliar Pope John XXIII, in 1420 the priest of the church of