Romanticism in Poland

Cards (7)

  • 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).