Józef Mehoffer (19 March 1869 – 8 July 1946) was a Polish painter and decorative artist, one of the leading artists of the
Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time.
Life
Mehoffer was born in
Ropczyce
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, studied painting at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under
Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, and later at the
Academy of Fine Arts
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in
Vienna
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, as well as in
Paris
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at the
Académie Colarossi
The Académie Colarossi (1870–1930) was an art school in Paris founded in 1870 by the Italian model and sculptor Filippo Colarossi. It was originally located on the Île de la Cité, and it moved in 1879 to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the ...
among others. There Mehoffer began painting portraits, often of people of historical significance. He later expanded his work to include different techniques, such as
graphic art
A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional, i.e. produced on a flat surface. ,
stained glass
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, textiles, chalk drawings, etchings and book illustrations. He produced set designs for theatre, and stylized furniture designs.
Mehoffer received international acclaim for his stained glass windows in the Gothic
St Nicholas Collegiate Church in
Fribourg
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Switzerland
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produced in 1895–1936. His other stained glass designs include the Radziwill Chapel in
Balice (1892), Grauer Chapel in
Opava
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(1901), church in
Jutrosin
Jutrosin (german: Jutroschin, ''Gutterschin'', older ''Morginberg'') is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,947 inhabitants (2014). (1902), Holy Cross Chapel at
Wawel
The Wawel Royal Castle (; ''Zamek Królewski na Wawelu'') and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established o ...
(1904), sepulchral chapel in Goluchów (1906), Orgelmeister Chapel in Vienna (1910),
cathedral in Wloclawek (1935–40),
cathedral in Przemysl (1940) and church in
Debniki near Kraków (1943). There are stained glass designed by Mehoffer in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in
Turek; in the same church there are also mural paintings made by Mehoffer.
Mehoffer explored various media further throughout his career to include a range of applied arts in his projects. He manufactured a multiplicity of book covers, ornaments and posters. Mehoffer - aside from his versatility in studio art - became known for his frescoes often reminiscent of
medieval art. He frequently collaborated with
Stanisław Wyspiański
Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas withi ...
and
Jan Matejko. He died in
Wadowice
Wadowice (; ger, Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). W ...
.
Gallery
File:Mehoffer Strange garden.jpg, ''Strange Garden'' (1902-1903), National Museum in Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
File:Józef Mehoffer - Portret żony (Na letnim mieszkaniu) 1904.jpg, ''Portrait of Wife'' (1904), National Museum in Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
File:Józef Mehoffer - Słońce majowe.jpg, ''Sun in May'' (1911)
File:Jozef Mehoffer - Witraz - MNK IV-Sz-2346 (20635).jpg, ''Vita somnium breve'', stained-glass, 1895, National Museum in Kraków
File:Dzieje Krzyza Sw.jpg, Interior of the Holy Cross Chapel, Wawel
The Wawel Royal Castle (; ''Zamek Królewski na Wawelu'') and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established o ...
File:Cathedrale vitraux mehoffer victoire entier.jpg, Stained-glass in Fribourg Cathedral
Fribourg Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas de Fribourg) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland, built in the Gothic style, on a rocky outcrop 50 metres above the river Sarine (Saane), dominating the medieval town below. ...
File:Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Dreikönig 01.jpg, Window of the Three Magi in Fribourg, Switzerland
File:Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Maertyrer 01.jpg, Window of martyrs in Fribourg, Switzerland
File:100 złotych 1934 r. REWERS.jpg, 100 złotych, 1934, issued by Bank of Poland
File:Ołtarz kościoła Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Turku.jpg, Cathedral in Turek
See also
*
Culture of Kraków
*
List of Poles
This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
Science
Physics
* Czesław Białobrzeski
* Andrzej Buras
* Georges Charpa ...
References
External links
Biography of Józef Mehoffer at www.artnet.comAbout Józef Mehoffer at www.culture.pl
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1869 births
1946 deaths
19th-century Polish painters
19th-century Polish male artists
20th-century Polish painters
20th-century Polish male artists
Polish people of German descent
Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery
Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni
Académie Colarossi alumni
Polish male painters
Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts faculty
Polish printmakers
People from Ropczyce-Sędziszów County