The House of Jan Matejko
The Jan Matejko House
41, Floriańska St.
31-011 Krakow, Poland
phone: +4812 422 59 26
The house connected with the of Jan Matejko - the most popular polish painter from the 19th century.
He was born here, left the house as an astablished artist, but later on returned back, and the last years of his life stayed there.
Now in the exhibition you can see the place of Matejko’s birth the documents of his adult life, and also the bed in the room where he died.
Matejko created his paintings when Poland has been split into three countries, and through his works he wanted to remind Poles the most glorious moments from the past.
There is an original studio with artist’s palette, brushes and painting tools, with large numbers of preparation sketches. For his historical paintings the artist copied the original items from the past,in the museum you can see the part of his vast collection of robes, clothes, jewelry which you can recognize on his paintings. There also some medieval tools for torture (
used as models ) bought once by Matejko from destroyed prison in Town Hall Tower.
Two examples of his enormous art you can admire in nearby Sukiennice Museum.