In the 1890s, a new wave of artistic energy inspired by the Western European Art Noveau style rolled through the Polish lands. The heart of the new Mloda Polska (Young Poland) movement that influenced art for two decades was in Austrian-occupied Kraków. Although many forms of art were involved - from literature to graphic art - one Cracovian artist left a legacy that foreign visitors to the city can easily track down and enjoy: Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869-1907).

Not your regular artist, he was a painter, poet, dramatist, theatre reformer, stage designer and typographer. Wyspianski started his career by working on the renovation of the Holy Cross Church and, together with Jozef Mehoffer under the supervision of Jan Matejko, of St. Mar...