Antoni Gramatyka

Antoni Gramatyka
Born	Antoni Gramatyka 1841 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland
Died	(1922-05-23)23 May 1922 Kraków, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism

Antoni Gramatyka (1841 in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska – December 23, 1922 in Kraków) was a Polish painter, associated Kraków and its surroundings.

Biography

Antoni Gramatyka began his studies at the Kraków Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in 1870, where he was taught by Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Jan Matejko. After their completion, he continued to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, under Christian Ruben and Joseph von Führich. After returning from Vienna, Gramatyka continued his studies at the Jan Metjko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Together with the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts, he exhibited his works in Kraków and Lwów. As a Realist, he presented day-to-day life of the locals in Kraków and surrounding villages. He painted landscape paintings of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Żywiecczyzna, Podhale, Spisz and the areas surrounding Kraków. Apart from landscapes, Gramatyka also painted portraits and church polychromes, inter alia in the Płock Cathedral. He worked on renovation and conservation projects, inter alia in Queen Sophia's Chapel on the Wawel and St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków.

Gallery

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  Jan Długosz
  (1878)
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  Landscape
  (1880)
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  Village landscape
  (1880)
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  Goosewoman
  (1881)