MALCZEWSKI, JACEK (MALEZEWSKI, GIACINTO). - Polish painter, b. at Radom in 1854, d. at Cracovia in 1929. He studied at Cracovia, Paris, and finally Munich, where he was drawn to the art of Arnold Böcklin. In 1886 he returned to Cracovia, where he remained until his death.
Characteristic of his first period are depictions of scenes inspired by the exile of the Polish insurgents of 1863, deported to Siberia, painted with acute realism. M. possessed an exceptional sensitivity to colour and a luxuriant lyrical imagination. In the second period of his activity he developed a clear personal style, portraying symbolic images of fantastic Neo-Romanticism, in which he sometimes framed religious subjects. He also painted several portraits, usually interweaving allegorical figures into them. His principal works are to be found in the National Museum of Cracovia, and before the war of 1939 they were scattered among collections in Poland.
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