Romanticism in Poland

• Periods of Romanticism in Poland:

  • 1820-1832
  • Polish artists in Poland until the rebellion of 1830
  • Influence of other European artists
  • 1832-1864
  • Polish artists in exile until the rebellion of 1863
  • Intensified ideals of national deliverance with messianic ideology
• Romanticism is characterized by an emphasis on emotion over reason, individuality over conformity, nature over civilization, and imagination over reality.
• Zarist persecution and repression of the group of the “Philomaths”, students of Warsaw and Vilnius (1823-1824), being a part of it Adam Mickiewicz (deported to Russia between 1824-1829).
• Failed Polish Uprising of 1830 against the Russians.
• Failed Polish Uprising of 1863 against the Russians.
• Origin of the Revolutions throughout Europe in 1848  (“Spring of the nations/peoples»).
• Main Painters of Romanticism in Poland:

  • •Walenty Wańkowicz (1800-1842)
  • Piotr Michałowski (1800-1855)
  • Jan Nepomucen Głowacki (1802-1847)
  • Artur Grottger (1837-1867)
  • Henryk Rodakowski (1823-1894)
  • Leopold Loeffler (1827-1898).