Miłosz Kotarbiński

Miłosz Kotarbiński (25 January 1854 - 27 October 1944) was a Polish painter, illustrator, literary critic, poet, singer and composer. Works by him are in galleries in Russia and Zagreb. His brother Józef was a literary critic and actor.

Biography

He was born in Czemierniki.

Output

Initially he painted history paintings and later landscapes as well as religious and fantasy scenes. His early works were strongly influenced by Jan Matejko. In 1929 he designed the one zloty coin.^[1]

Selected works

The sick Prince Pozharsky receives the Moscow envoys (Omsk Museum, Russia)
Under the guardianship of angels
Tritons
Portrait of the artist's wife Ewa Koskowska Kotarbińska (1891), lost in 1939.

Honours

Order of Polonia Restituta:
- Officer's Cross - 2 May 1923^[2]
- Commander's Cross, "for merit in the field of art" - 10 November 1938^[3]

References

^ (in Polish) Lud Katolicki, 4 sierpnia, s. 4, 1929 r., nr.31.
^ "Order Odrodzenia Polski. Trzechlecie pierwszej kapituły 1921–1924. Warszawa: Prezydium Rady Ministrów, 1926, s. 25" (in Polish).
^ "M.P. z 1938 r. nr 258, poz. 592" (in Polish).

External links

(in Polish) Miłosz Kotarbiński – nuty, Polona

[lud-1] (in Polish) Lud Katolicki, 4 sierpnia, s. 4, 1929 r., nr.31.

[order-2] "Order Odrodzenia Polski. Trzechlecie pierwszej kapituły 1921–1924. Warszawa: Prezydium Rady Ministrów, 1926, s. 25" (in Polish).

[3] "M.P. z 1938 r. nr 258, poz. 592" (in Polish).

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