{"id":24082,"date":"2026-04-02T09:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mnk.pl\/research-departments\/dzial-sztuki-nowoczesnej\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T22:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:58:39","slug":"department-of-modern-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/activity\/research-departments\/department-of-modern-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Modern Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Modern Art Department of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w collects works of art created between approximately 1764 and approximately 1914: paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs. These works are displayed in exhibitions at the Jan Matejko House, the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the MNK Sukiennice, and the J\u00f3zef Mehoffer House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern Art Department<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Head: Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Department\u2019s collection is one of the largest and most diverse in the Museum\u2019s holdings. It comprises:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. The collection of 19th-century Polish painting and drawing<\/strong>, which includes works created mainly in the 19th century, but also in the second half of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. These are works by artists such as: Franciszek Smuglewicz, Marcello Bacciarelli, MNK Matejko, Maurycy Gottlieb, Henryk Rodakowski, Witold Pruszkowski, J\u00f3zef Che\u0142mo\u0144ski and Stanis\u0142aw Witkiewicz. Of particular value within the collection is the body of work by Piotr Micha\u0142owski and Henryk Siemiradzki. The works of Aleksander Kotsis and Aleksander Gierymski are also well represented. The Department also holds a collection of 18th\u201319th-century portrait paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Aleksandra Krypczyk de Barra akrypczyk@mnk.pl<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Barbara Ciciora bciciora@mnk.pl<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2. The collection of art from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries<\/strong> \u2013 this is a particularly rich collection of art reflecting the fundamental aesthetic and ideological principles of the era. It comprises paintings, drawings and prints by the most outstanding Polish artists of the time: MNK Wyspia\u0144ski, Jacek Malczewski, J\u00f3zef Mehoffer, Olga Bozna\u0144ska, Jan Stanis\u0142awski, Witold Wojtkiewicz, Wojciech Weiss, Leon Wycz\u00f3\u0142kowski, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, as well as the sculptors Ludwik Puget, Konstanty Laszczka and Wac\u0142aw Szymanowski. These works are complemented by the largest collection of Young Poland posters in the museum\u2019s holdings. Most of these are donations from private individuals, including, in particular, Feliks \u2018Mangghi\u2019 Jasie\u0144ski, Erazm Bar\u0105cz, Leon Kostka and Stanis\u0142aw Tomkowicz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha: ukozakowska@mnk.pl<\/u><\/a> \u2013 Young Poland art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irena Buchenfeld ibuchenfeld@mnk.pl<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Modern Art Department of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w collects works of art created between approximately 1764 and approximately 1914: paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs. These works are displayed in exhibitions at the Jan Matejko House, the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the MNK Sukiennice, and the J\u00f3zef Mehoffer House. Modern Art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":24032,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24082","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24082"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42887,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24082\/revisions\/42887"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}