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Jozef Mehoffer BIOGRAPHY
1869 Ropczyce, Poland - 1946 Wadowice, Poland. Known for: Painting, portrait, genre, mod design of stained glass, book covers, furniture.
A painter and decorative artist and prominent in the Young Poland movement in the early 20th century, Jazef Mehoffer is represented in the Krakow Museum. He studied in Krakow at the Academy of Fine... Read full biography
A painter and decorative artist and prominent in the Young Poland movement in the early 20th century, Jazef Mehoffer is represented in the Krakow Museum. He studied in Krakow at the Academy of Fine Arts under Wladyslaw Luszczkiewicz, and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as well as in... Read full biography
A painter and decorative artist and prominent in the Young Poland movement in the early 20th century, Jazef Mehoffer is represented in the Krakow Museum. He studied in Krakow at the Academy of Fine Arts under Wladyslaw Luszczkiewicz, and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as well as in Paris at the Académie Colarossi among others. In Paris, Mehoffer began painting portraits, often people of historical significance. Later he expanded his repertoire to include graphic art, stained glass,... Read full biography
A painter and decorative artist and prominent in the Young Poland movement in the early 20th century, Jazef Mehoffer is represented in the Krakow Museum. He studied in Krakow at the Academy of Fine Arts under Wladyslaw Luszczkiewicz, and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as well as in Paris at the Académie Colarossi among others. In Paris, Mehoffer began painting portraits, often people of historical significance. Later he expanded his repertoire to include graphic art, stained glass, textiles, chalk drawings, etchings, book illustrations, theatre set designs and stylized furniture designs. He was especially noted for his stained glass windows, 1895-1936, in the Gothic St Nicholas Collegiate Church in Fribourg, Switzerland. He... Read full biography
A painter and decorative artist and prominent in the Young Poland movement in the early 20th century, Jazef Mehoffer is represented in the Krakow Museum. He studied in Krakow at the Academy of Fine Arts under Wladyslaw Luszczkiewicz, and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as well as in Paris at the Académie Colarossi among others. In Paris, Mehoffer began painting portraits, often people of historical significance. Later he expanded his repertoire to include graphic art, stained glass, textiles, chalk drawings, etchings, book illustrations, theatre set designs and stylized furniture designs. He was especially noted for his stained glass windows, 1895-1936, in the Gothic St Nicholas Collegiate Church in Fribourg, Switzerland. He has also created stained glass designs for the "Radziwill Chapel in Balice (1892), Grauer Chapel in Opava (1901), church... Read full biography
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A painter and decorative artist and prominent in the Young Poland movement in the early 20th century, Jazef Mehoffer is represented in the Krakow Museum. He studied in Krakow at the Academy of Fine Arts under Wladyslaw Luszczkiewicz, and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as well as in Paris at the Académie Colarossi among others.
In Paris, Mehoffer began painting portraits, often people of historical significance. Later he expanded his repertoire to include graphic art, stained glass, textiles, chalk drawings, etchings, book illustrations, theatre set designs and stylized furniture designs.
He was especially noted for his stained glass windows, 1895-1936, in the Gothic St Nicholas Collegiate Church in Fribourg, Switzerland. He has also created stained glass designs for the "Radziwill Chapel in Balice (1892), Grauer Chapel in Opava (1901), church in Jutrosini (1902), Holy Cross Chapel at Wawel (1904), sepulchral chapel in Goluchoów (1906), Orgelmeister Chapel in Vienna (1910), cathedral in Wloclawek (1935-40), cathedral in Przemysl (1940) and church in Debniki near Krakow (1943)."
He did numerous book covers, ornaments and posters and also did frescoes reflective of medieval art. Associates and collaborators included Stanislaw Wyspianski and Jan Matejko.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_MehofferBiography from Dom Aukcyjny Ostoya
Jozef Mehoffer was born in 1869 in Ropczyce. He became a painter, graphic artist, decorator, stage designer, and educator. Next to Stanislaw Wyspianski, Mehoffer was the greatest Polish creator of stained glass and polychrome. Mehoffer was a student of Jan Matejko and Parisian universities, Ecolé des Beaux-Arts and Académie Colarossi. He began his long creative career by collaborating with Matejko on the polychrome of St. Mary's Church. The year 1895 brought Jozef Mehoffer the first prize at the international competition for stained glass windows for the collegiate church in Freiburg, Switzerland, which lasted until 1934. After the competition, he received other orders, including from the Wawel cathedral, from Wloclawek, and Przemysl. Jozef Mehoffer was the most outstanding and consistent representative of Art Nouveau in the Krakow community. He created decorative portraits of many personalities, images of his wife and himself, as well as genre compositions, which in the years 1895-1917 acquired the meaning of symbolic compositions.Biography from Desa Unicum
Jozef Mehoffer was a versatile artist from Poland who excelled in various fields such as painting, graphic art, decoration, and set design. He studied at prestigious institutions in Krakow and Paris, honing his skills in painting and art. Mehoffer was known for his decorative portraits, symbolic compositions, landscapes, and still lifes. He settled in Krakow in 1896 and became a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts. Mehoffer was a member and co-founder of the Society of Polish Artists in 1897.