{"id":22933,"date":"2026-04-19T17:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mnk.pl\/wystawy\/searching-for-arcadia\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:46:17","slug":"searching-for-arcadia","status":"publish","type":"wystawy","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wystawy\/searching-for-arcadia\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Arcadia"},"content":{"rendered":"

In terms of idea, they seem to herald ancient idylls, so typical of the painting of Siemiradzki, who settled in Rome in 1872. These scenes from the “daily life” of ancient Greeks and Romans are usually set in the landscape of Campania, associated by the artist with Arcadia. They depict light, sometimes poetical episodes \u2013 as in the painting Following the Example of Gods<\/em> (1899) or the scene By a Spring<\/em> (1898), with the echoes of Symbolism. In the background of the anecdote shown here the painter depicted, as in most of his ancient idylls, a landscape, filled with the light of the sun, rendered with great sensitivity to colour. A southern, bright landscape is a central theme in the composition entitled Rest<\/em> (1896).

The artist set a scene from the Gospel According to John \u2013 a meeting between Christ and a woman from Samaria<\/em> \u2013 also in a totally idyllic scenery (Christ and the Samaritan Woman<\/em>, 1890).

The above group of works also includes portrait studies of ancient women, sketches painted with virtuosity and an excellent study for the curtain of the City Theatre in Krakow Amor and Psyche<\/em> (ca 1894).

Curator \u2013 Beata Studzi\u017cba-Kubalska<\/strong>
Coordinator \u2013 Katarzyna Paw\u0142owska<\/strong>
Graphic designs and exhibition layout \u2013 Magdalena Bujak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Na
Henryk Siemiradzki, Rest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dwie
Henryk Siemiradzki, Amor and Psyche<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Obraz
Henryk Siemiradzki, By a Spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Obraz
Henryk Siemiradzki, Christ and the Samaritan Woman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Portret
Henryk Siemiradzki, A Gypsy (A Greek Woman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Portret
Henryk Siemiradzki, A Greek Woman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nocny
Henryk Siemiradzki, Eve of Ivan Kupala (Midsummer Eve)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Obraz
Henryk Siemiradzki, Orpheus in the Underworld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Obraz
Henryk Siemiradzki, By a Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wiejski
Henryk Siemiradzki, Country Idyll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Na
Henryk Siemiradzki, Following the Example of the Gods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Impresjonistyczne
Henryk Siemiradzki, A Beggar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"M\u0119\u017cczyzna
Director of the NMK Andrzej Betlej<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Grupa<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta
Beata Studzi\u017cba-Kubalska – curator of the exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"M\u0119\u017cczyzna<\/figure>\n
\"Wn\u0119trze<\/figure>\n
\"Wn\u0119trze<\/figure>\n
\"Wn\u0119trze<\/figure>\n
\"Grupa<\/figure>\n
\"Trzy<\/figure>\n
\"M\u0119\u017cczyzna<\/figure>\n
\"Grupa<\/figure>\n
\"Obraz<\/figure>\n
\"M\u0119\u017cczyzna<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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