I just want to let you know that the Matejko's 125 anniversary of death and 180 anniversary of birth is the reason why the meeting with someone whose live is dedicated to Polish-Hungarian relations and Matejko's paintings receiving in Hungary was so special. Additionally he was described as one who had lectured on the University in Miskolc (among others)!
Here is the review by Kasia Wawrzyk.
On the 15th of October we went to International
Center of Culture in Kraków in the Old
Town.
We
attended the lecture that was led by professor Aron Petneki from Budapest. It
was called “Matejko and Hungary”.
We’ve heard many interesting and unexpected
facts about polish painter Jan Matejko and his connections to Hungary. We’ve
learned that I. Ference Jósef himself, visited Matejko’s house to admire his
painting. Jan gave a few paintings to the prince who travelled through the next
years all over Europe and finally the he settled in Hungary where the paintings
stayed for a long time.
Hungarians
from the 19th century have loved Matejko’s works. They were saying
that he is the greatest Polish painter but also the best historian painter of
all Europe. Professor said that they liked Jan because of the way he portrayed
Russians and Prussians on his paintings.
His
works spreaded quickly because of 19th century’s press. His
paintings were copied (in a smaller scale of course) and printed in newspapers.
We
discovered that Matejko didn’t know any other language than Polish so
communication abroad was always very difficult. One time he travelled to
Budapest where he was invited to a party where he would be a main guest. Everything
looked extremely nobly and he was treated very well. In some letters he said
that he think Hungarian language is very beautiful but he doesn’t understand a word.
All in all the lecture was very
fascinating. We have learned a lot there about both of the cultures.
Here are some photos.
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