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

Is located at Piłsudskiego 12 street in Krakow. Hubert Antoni Krasiński, owner of the Regimentarzówka in Ukraine, doctor and social worker. In 1883 he moved from Warsaw to Kraków, and here he built an elegant mansion there in 1884, designed by Antoni Siedek. After Krasiński’s death, the palace was purchased

Have you ever heard about Mieczysław Porębski? No? So it is high time to change it! This honored art historian, theorist, the critic was born in Gniezno in 1921. How is he connected with Krakow? He graduated in history of art from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, in 1970 become the

Madonna with a braid is a Gothic sculpture from the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries depicting the Madonna. It was discovered in 1970 during adaptation and conservation works in the basement of the house no. 4 at Mały Rynek in Krakow, which is located next to the Main

Kossak Jerzy was a painter and a son of the equally outstanding painter Wojciech Kossak. He was born in 1886 in Kraków. He attended the Cadet School. He often collaborated with his father – they painted pictures together and signed them together. He mainly painted battle, historical and hunting scenes.

The majestic building in the centre of Krakow’s Main Square – Cloth Hall (Sukiennice in Polish), has stood there for almost seven centuries. It has now become one of the city’s best landmarks. The Cloth Hall has been the heart of the trade in Krakow from city’s very beginning. For centuries it

Czartoryski Museum The Princes Czartoryski Library was founded by the Czartoryski family, and most notably, by Princess Izabela Czartoryska and Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. The collection was originally a part of the Czartoryski Museum, established in 1796 in Pulawy, moved in 1882 to Krakow. In 1830 there were about 70,000 prints

Europeum is the newest branch of the National Museum in Krakow, opened in 2013 in a restored 17th-century granary. Its permanent exhibition is entirely dedicated to European art from past centuries. It features excellent examples of European painting and sculpture. This old granary was previously used by the National Museum as

The Palace on Kanonicza street was erected in 1505 as a great manor house, which was considered to be the most impressive on that street. It was the foundation of Erazm Ciolek, prominent figure of the early-16th-century Krakow. He was a respected Polish diplomat, writer, and patron of artists. In 1494 he