Polish Hamlet - Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski.
1903 · oil on canvas
Dimensions 100 × 148 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Polish Hamlet. Portrait of Alexander Wielopolski was painted in 1903, and is one of the most famous works of Malczewski. It presents the painter's grandson as Aleksander Wielopolski, Polish politician, a member of the Polish Kingdom government in the early 1860s, who tried to maneuver between the interests of the invaders and the Polish population. The figure is located in the center of the composition, surrounded by two women. He is dressed in yellow-green dress and belted pouch, in which instead of bullets are tubes of paint, and he thoughtfully pulls on the petals of chamomile.
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Polish Hamlet - Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski. (1903) by Jacek Malczewski, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski (15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) is one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following the century of Partitions. He is regarded as the father of Polish Symbolism.
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